unit 1 Flashcards
if a patient develops an illness due to a procedure done by a doctor it is ____?
iatrogenic
Since type 1 diabetes is inherited and thus present at birth it is ____?
congenital
medical care that treats the entire body is called ____?
holistic
on-going bouta of an illness would be considered ____?
chronic
Etiology deals with
Cause of disease
If a patient has a complaint such as a headache, it is considered ____?
a symptom
A stethoscope would be used for ____?
Auscultation
Certain skin disease such as ECZEMA have no known cause. This is an example of ____?
Idiopathic disease
Easing pain and making a patient comfortable is known as ____?
palliative care
If a doctor explains the long term outcome of an illness, they are explaining the ____?
prognosis
Risk factors that may increase the chances of contracting a disease are known as ___?
Predisposing factors
A sign is different from a symptom because a sign ___?
must be measured
A doctor used her hands to feel for lumps or swelling. this procedure is known as ___?
Palpation
Pneumonia is caused by the bacteria pneumococcus. This is an example of ____?
etiology
a short term illness that can be treated is
acute
An illness contracted in the hospital environment is known as ____?
nocosomial
A patient needs to have their urine examined. What type of test will the doctor order?
UA - urinalysis
A doctor wants to look at a patients lungs on the inside. What test should they run?
CXR - Chest Radiography
What type of test would be measure the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
CBC - complete blood count
What does EKG/ECG measure?
Electrical impulses from the heart?
A blood glucose test would be most helpful with
Diabetes
A collection of symptoms and disorders that stem from the same problem is called
syndrome
How a disease presents itself in a patient is known as ___?
manifestation
Who developed the first vaccine in 1600s?
Jenner
What vaccine was developed by Salk?
polio
The germ theory was established by ___?
Koch in 1800s
What did robert hooke discover
cells
In 1900s what did Fleming discover
penicillin
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
Nightengale?
Pioneer of nursing
Pioneer is the study of bacteria?
Pasteur
Antiseptic techniques were revolutionized by ____?
Lister
Morton was known for ___?
anasthesia
term of how a disease develops
pathogenesis
A disorder is
deviation from normal function
What a trigger for a disease makes the illness worse, it’s called
Exacerbation
What a symptoms start. showing up for a disease it is called a
Onset
