Intro Patho & Cell Changes Flashcards
Idiopathic Etiology
Cause is unknown
Iatrogenic eitology
Cause from unintended or unwanted medical treatment
Multifactorial eitology
Has multiple etioligic factors that contribute to its development
A __ ___ means that you may get the disease. A ___ ____ is what promotes the onset of clinical manifestations
Risk factor
Precipitating factor
A ___ is a subjective feeling of abnormality in the body. A _____ is a objective or observed manifestation of disease. When there are a set of signs and so not yet determined to delineate a disease it is a ____
Symptom
Sign
Syndrome
Clinical manifestations can be
Local, systemic
Acute, chronic
Remissions, exacerbations
Local CM
Confined to one area
Systemic CM
Throughout the body
Chronic CM
Usually more than 6 months
Acute CM
Occurs in the first days or weeks
Remissions
Sx free periods
Exacerbations
Flare up of so
Goals and purpose of treatment
Medical, nursing, and collaboritive interventions
Eliminate and reduce cause
Eliminate and reduce CM
Incidence
New cases over a time period
How many new people diagnosed with skin cancer last year?
____ is the existing amount of cases over a time period
Prevelence
Tests are judged on ___ and ____
Reliability
Acidity
Reliability
Same results when repeated
Validity
Measuring what was intended
BP will not tell you patients weight
Sensitivity
Correctly IDENTIFIES a condition
Specificity
Correctly excludes a condition
____ is a ___ in cell side due to a decrease in functional demand. This results in ____ ____ ____
Atrophy
Decrease
Reduced tissue mass
___ is an increase in the ___ of the cell due to an increase in functional demand. This results in ___ tissue mass
Hypertrophic
Size
Enlarged
____ is an increase in the ____ of cells due to an increase in functional demand and/ or increased stress. This results in ____ tissue mass
Hyperplasia
Number
Enlarged
____ is undifferentiated cells with variable nuclear and cell structures. This can imply more ____ cancer
Anaplasia
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