Unit 3 Flashcards
Define Etiology.
How the patient got the disease.
What is an epidemiological outline?
Study of how a disease travels.
Define Agent.
What causes a disease.
Define host.
Person who has the disease
Define reservoir.
Where the disease is found.
Define vector.
How the agent gets to the patient.
What are the variations of clinical manifestations?
Measured and told signs
Define prognosis.
What the patient can expect with regards to the disease.
Define the characteristics of an obstructive disease.
Normal to increased lung volumes, difficulty in exhaling normal volumes due to decreased airway lumen size, air trapping
Define the characteristics of restrictive diseases.
Reduced lung volumes, inability I. Taking a normal sized breath due to structure, muscle strength, or loss of compliance.
