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Module 5- Symptoms, Diagnoses, Treatments, Communication, Qualifiers, and Statistics Flashcards

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Pulse

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Rhythmical throbbing of arterial walls, produced when the heart contracts and forces and increased volume of blood into the vessels

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Respiration

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Breathing

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Temperature

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Loosely refers to body heat

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Signs

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Objective, able to be measured by an outside observer

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Symptoms

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Subjective, the client experiences them, may not be readily available to the observer

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Vital sign

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Evidence a patient is alive. Body temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure

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Pyrexia

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Fever

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Hypothermia

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Body temperature below normal

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Hyperpyrexia

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High body temperature

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Pyretogen

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That which produces fever

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Pyretic

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Pertaining to fever

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Pyretogenic

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Pertains to something that produces fever

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Antipyretic

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An agent that works against fever

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Pyretolysis

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Fever reduction

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Asymptomatic

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Without symptoms

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Tachycardia

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Increased heart rate

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Bradycardia

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Decreased heart rate

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Peripheral

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Near the outer surface of the body

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Central

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Near the center of the body

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Pneometer

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An instrument for measuring breathing

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Bradypnea

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Very slow breathing

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Dyspnea

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Painful (bad) breathing

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Hyperpnea

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Excessively rapid breathing

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Apnea

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Without breathing

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Hypertensive
Elevated blood pressure
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Hypotensive
Decreased blood pressure
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Cyanopia
Blue vision
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Xanthopsia
Yellow vision
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Chloropia
Green vision
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Cyoderma
Blue skin
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Erythroderma
Red skin
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Melanoderma
Black (discolored) skin
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Chlorocyte
Green (plant cell)
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Leukocyte
White (blood) cell
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Erythrocyte
Red (blood) cell
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Melanoblast
Immature black cell
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Erythroblast
Immature red cell
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Melanosis
Condition of black pigmentation
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Carcinoma
Malignant tumor
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Melanocarcinoma
A black-pigmented malignant tumor
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A localized condition
Limited to a small area or part of the body
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A generalized condition
Involving the whole body or many areas at the same time
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Edema
Fluid accumulation in the tissues
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Localized edema
Fluid accumulation in a small area of the body
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Generalized edema
Fluid accumulation throughout the whole body
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Atrophy
Wasting away or shrinking of tissues, an organ, or the whole body
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Hypertrophy
Overdevelopment
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Nausea
Sickness of the stomach with a desire to vomit
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Emesis
Vomitus - that which is vomited - the product of vomiting
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Cholemesis
Bile in the vomitus
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Hematemesis
Blood in the vomitus
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Emetic
Something that induces vomiting
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Mlaise
Ill at ease, vague sensation of not feeling well
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Orexia
Appetite
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Anorexia
Loss of appetite
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Oreximania
Abnormal desire (madness) for food or uncontrollable appetite
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Orexigenic
Pertaining to something that produces or stimulates an appetite
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Vertigo
Turning around (sensation of turning around in space or having objects move about them) (not dizziness, fainting, or lightheadedness)
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Tinnitus
Jingling, or tinkling, sound in the ear. Often called ringing in the ear
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Diagnosis
Knowing through
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Hemodiagnosis
Identification of a patient's illness through blood
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Diagnostician
One who is skilled in making diagnoses
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Prognosis
To predict the the patient's illness (its course and outcome)
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Prognosticate
To tell what the course and likely outcome of the disease will be
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Acute
Sharp, severe, having rapid onset and a short course
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Chronic
Long, drawn out
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Paroxysmal
A sudden, periodic attack or recurrence of symptoms of disease, a fit or convulsion of any kind
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Acute tendonitis
Tendon becomes red, hot, and very painful in a short period of time, and returns to normal after a short course of treatment
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Chronic tendonitis
Inflammation of tendons that is mild, has a slow onset, and lasts a long time
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Acute polyneuritis
Inflammation of many nerves, rapid onset, very painful, short duration
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Chronic polyarthritis
An inflammation of many joints that starts slowly and lasts a long time
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Polydactylism
A condition of having supernumerary fingers (or toes)
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Syndrome
A group of signs and symptoms that occur together and this characterize a specific disease
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Prodrome
A symptom or group of symptoms that occur before the onset of disease
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Active treatment
Aims for a cur
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Palliative treatment
Relieves bothersome symptoms and makes patient comfortable
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Systemic treatment
Attacks constitutional signs and symptoms, treatment directed towards control of life-threatening signs and symptoms
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Prophylactic treatment
Focuses on prevention of disease
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Treatments
- Active, symptomatic, palliative, prophylactic - What the physician does or prescribes to manage a patient's illness
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Morbidity
A diseased state
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Mortality
The state of being mortal and, therefore, subject to death
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Morbidity rate
A statistic that reports the number of cases of a disease in a specific population for a specific time period
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Mortality rate
A statistic that reports the death rate

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