Chap 2 Diseases

Question 0

Outpatient surgeries

Answer 0

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

Question 1

Support and take orders from physician: technologists, technicians, therapists, ect

Answer 1

Allied health professionals

Question 2

Provide services that support medical and surgical care: radiology, PT, dietary, pharmacy, and emergency departments

Answer 2

Ancillary Department

Question 3

Showing no signs or symptoms

Answer 3

Asymptomatic

Question 4

Using a stethoscope to listen to the heart, lung, and intestinal sounds

Answer 4

Auscultation

Question 5

Lasting 3 or more months

Answer 5

Chronic

Question 6

Disease caused by abnormality in fetal development or one that occurs at birth

Answer 6

Congenital

Question 7

Cause or origin of a disease

Answer 7

Etiology

Question 8

Sudden worsening in symptoms or signs

Answer 8

Exacerbation

Question 9

Disease caused by medicine or treatment given to the patient in the hospital

Answer 9

Iatrogenic

Question 10

Disease having no identifiable cause

Answer 10

Idiopathic

Question 11

Disease caused by the growth of a benign or malignant tumor

Answer 11

Neoplastic

Question 12

Disease from exposure to infection in the hospital

Answer 12

Nosocomial

Question 13

Disease caused by lack of nutritious food, too little food, or inability to utilize food that’s eaten

Answer 13

Nutritional

Question 14

Supportive medical care

Answer 14

Palliative Care

Question 15

Using fingers to press on a body part to detect a mass, enlarged organ, or tenderness

Answer 15

Palpation

Question 16

Tapping on finger on the fingers of another hand that’s spread across the chest or abdomen to listen for differences in sound indicating the presence of fluid.

Answer 16

Percussion

Question 17

Predicted outcome of the disease

Answer 17

Prognosis

Question 18

Disease not responding to treatment

Answer 18

Refractory

Question 19

Temporary improvement in symptoms without disease being cured

Answer 19

Remission

Question 20

Abnormal condition or complication cussed by a disease and remains after the disease has been cured

Answer 20

Sequela

Question 21

Set of symptoms and signs associated with one particular disease

Answer 21

Syndrome

Question 22

No hope of cure or recovery from the disease, and ending in death

Answer 22

Terminal illness