port
This is an implated access device which allows professional carers to draw blood and make intravenous (or intra-arterial) injections into a patient in an easier way without having to locate and insert a canulla into a new vessel. Some ports are connected for intrathecal, intraperitoneal or intracavitary injections. These devices are expensive and are not free of problems, they should not be implated without good indications. Normally implantation is performed by a surgeon with experience in this technique, in a operational theatre under local anaesthetic.
Dictionary > Port
You will also like...

Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung
In this tutorial, the works of Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud are described. Both of them actively pursued the way h..

Lotic Communities & Animals
A running water environment offers numerous microhabitats for many types of animals. Similar to plants, animals in lotic..

Leaves
Leaves are the major photosynthetic organ of a plant. Apart from that, they are also crucial to water movement. In this ..

Roots
This study guide tackles plant roots in greater detail. It delves into the development of plant roots, the root structur..

Adaptation Tutorial
Adaptation, in biology and ecology, refers to the process or trait through which organisms or the populations in a habit..

Neurology of Illusions
Illusions are the perceptions and sensory data obtained from situations in which human error prevents us from seeing the..