Chap 2 Diseases Flashcards
Outpatient surgeries
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Support and take orders from physician: technologists, technicians, therapists, ect
Allied health professionals
Provide services that support medical and surgical care: radiology, PT, dietary, pharmacy, and emergency departments
Ancillary Department
Showing no signs or symptoms
Asymptomatic
Using a stethoscope to listen to the heart, lung, and intestinal sounds
Auscultation
Lasting 3 or more months
Chronic
Disease caused by abnormality in fetal development or one that occurs at birth
Congenital
Cause or origin of a disease
Etiology
Sudden worsening in symptoms or signs
Exacerbation
Disease caused by medicine or treatment given to the patient in the hospital
Iatrogenic
Disease having no identifiable cause
Idiopathic
Disease caused by the growth of a benign or malignant tumor
Neoplastic
Disease from exposure to infection in the hospital
Nosocomial
Disease caused by lack of nutritious food, too little food, or inability to utilize food that’s eaten
Nutritional
Supportive medical care
Palliative Care
Using fingers to press on a body part to detect a mass, enlarged organ, or tenderness
Palpation
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.
Percussion
Predicted outcome of the disease
Prognosis
Disease not responding to treatment
Refractory
Temporary improvement in symptoms without disease being cured
Remission
Abnormal condition or complication cussed by a disease and remains after the disease has been cured
Sequela
Set of symptoms and signs associated with one particular disease
Syndrome
No hope of cure or recovery from the disease, and ending in death
Terminal illness
