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- Anesthesia: special medicine that makes
your child sleep and feel no pain during surgery.
- Anesthesiologist: a doctor with special
training to give your child anesthesia medicine.
- Blood Pressure: a measurement that shows
how well your child’s heart is working. This is one of
the vital signs.
- Epidural: pain medicine that is given in
a space in the backbone.
- General Anesthesia: another way of saying “anesthesia.”
- I.V. (Intravenous): a way of giving your
child fluids during the time when your child is not able to
drink during and after surgery.
- Lab Work: this is a short way of referring
to tests that are done in the hospital laboratory. These tests
are often done on a sample of blood.
- Local Anesthetic: pain medicine that numbs
a small area.
- Premedication: medicine that is given to
your child before surgery. This type of medicine is usually
given by mouth. It will help your child relax.
- Preoperative (Pre-Op): this is another way
of saying the time before your child goes to surgery.
- Pulse: this is a count of how many times
your child’s heart beats in one minute. This is one of
the vital signs.
- Recovery Area: this is the special area
where your child will wake up from surgery.
- Respiratory Rate: this is the count of how
many times your child breathes in one minute. It is one of
the vital signs.
- Surgeon: a doctor with special training
to do surgery.
Temperature: a measurement of how warm your child’s body
is. This is one of the vital signs.
- Vital Signs: your child’s temperature,
pulse, respiration rate and blood pressure measurements.
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