treatˇment |
the management and care of a patient for the purpose of
combating disease or disorder. See also under care, maneuver,
method, technique, test, and therapy. |
active treatment, curative t. |
Carrel treatment, Carrel-Dakin
treatment, treatment of wounds, based on thorough exposure of
the wound, removal of all foreign material and devitalized
tissue, meticulous cleansing, and repeated irrigation with a
dilute sodium hypochlorite solution. The adjacent skin is
protected with petrolatum gauze. |
causal treatment, treatment directed against
the cause of a disease. |
conservative treatment, treatment designed
to avoid radical medical therapeutic measures or operative
procedures; often reserved for elderly or debilitated patients. |
curative treatment, treatment designed to
cure an existing disease, as opposed to palliative t. Called
also active t. |
drug treatment, pharmacotherapy. |
electroconvulsive treatment,
electroshock treatment, see under therapy. |
empiric treatment, treatment by means which
experience has proved to be beneficial. |
expectant treatment, treatment designed only
to relieve untoward symptoms, leaving the cure mainly to nature. |
fever treatment, pyretotherapy. |
Goeckerman treatment, treatment
of psoriasis by applying ointments of tar followed by
irradiation with ultraviolet B. |
Hartel treatment, alcoholic
injection for trigeminal neuralgia in which the needle is passed
through the mouth into the region of the foramen ovale of the
sphenoid bone. |
Kenny treatment, a treatment
formerly used for poliomyelitis consisting of wrapping of the
back and limbs in hot cloths, followed, after pain has subsided,
by passive exercise and instruction of the patient in exercise
of the muscles. |
medicinal treatment,
pharmacotherapy. |
neurodevelopmental treatment,
Bobath method. |
Orr treatment, treatment of compound
fractures and osteomyelitis by débridement of the wound,
alignment of fracture, drainage with petrolatum gauze, and
immobilization of limb in a plaster cast which is left on until
the wound discharge has softened the plaster. |
palliative treatment, treatment designed to
relieve pain and distress, but not attempting a cure. See also
curative t. Called also supportive t. and palliative care. |
preventive treatment,
prophylactic treatment, prophylaxis. |
rational treatment, treatment based upon a
knowledge of disease and the action of the remedies employed. |
root canal treatment, see under
therapy. |
sewage treatment, the processing of sewage
to remove or so alter some of its constituents as to render it
less offensive or dangerous and more fit to discharge into a
public watercourse. |
shock treatment, obsolete term
for convulsive therapy. |
slush treatment, the treatment of acne by
the application of a mixture of carbon dioxide snow, acetone,
and sulfur. |
specific treatment, treatment particularly
adapted to a given disease. |
supporting treatment, supportive
treatment, palliative t. |
surgical treatment, therapy using chiefly
surgical methods. Cf. pharmacotherapy and physical therapy. |
symptomatic treatment, expectant
t. |
Trueta treatment, immediate treatment of
fractures as follows: (1) adopt surgical treatment as soon as
possible; (2) thoroughly wash wound and entire limb with water,
soap, and a nail brush, shave hair, paint surrounding skin with
weak alcoholic solution of iodine, avoiding the wound; (3)
débride wound; (4) open neighboring cellular spaces and remove
hematomas; (5) remove completely denuded or displaced bone
fragments and all foreign matter; (6) reduce fracture; (7) dress
wound with sterile gauze and immobilize with plaster, including
two adjacent joints if possible; (8) give injection of tetanus
antitoxin. |
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