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PARENTERAL ROUTE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2023-05-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- parenteral route
1, record 1, English, parenteral%20route
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A parenteral route may be chosen because the patient cannot tolerate oral drugs, cannot swallow, or has a condition that warrants resting the GI [gastrointestinal] tract or keeping it empty. Muscle mass must be sufficient for the volume of a drug given intramuscularly. 2, record 1, English, - parenteral%20route
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
parenteral: Taken into the body or administered in a manner other than through the digestive tract, as by intravenous or intramuscular injection. 3, record 1, English, - parenteral%20route
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- voie parentérale
1, record 1, French, voie%20parent%C3%A9rale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
parentéral : Qui s'administre par une voie autre que la voie digestive, généralement sous la forme d'injection intraveineuse, musculaire, sous-cutanée. 2, record 1, French, - voie%20parent%C3%A9rale
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Vías de administración (Farmacología)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- vía parenteral
1, record 1, Spanish, v%C3%ADa%20parenteral
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Administración de fármacos por cualquier vía distinta de la [vía digestiva]. Algunas son mediante la efracción tisular con una inyección que requiere de técnicas asépticas y otras que no la necesitan (tópica en piel y mucosas); las que requieren inyección, a su vez, son de dos tipos, las intravasculares (I.V., I.A., I.C) y las extravasculares (I.M., I.D., S.C., I.R., I.P., I.Pe., I.Ar., etc) 1, record 1, Spanish, - v%C3%ADa%20parenteral
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