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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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AIDS

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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Apical

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Bottom of the heart, where the heart beat is found

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Axillary

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Related to, or located near the armpit; axillary temperature

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Anti-microbial

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An agent that destroys, resists, or prevents the development of pathogens

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Asepsis

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Producing and maintaining a clean condition

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Bacteria

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Unicellular microorganisms

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Biohazardous

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Item contaminated with bodily fluids/secretions;
Bio: life
Hazard: dangerous

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Blood borne pathogens

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Microorganisms found in human blood that can cause infection and disease in humans

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CDC

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center for disease control

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Chain of infection

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Way of describing how a disease is transmitted from one living being to another

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C-diff

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Clostridium Difficile

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Communicable disease

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A disease cause by pathogens that spread easily and contagious

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Contact precautions

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Spreading of infections by coming in/directly in contact with another person

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Contamination

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The process by which an object or are becomes unclean

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Cross contamination

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When bacteria comes from one thing to another

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Disinfectants

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Anything used to decrease the spread of pathogens

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Disposable

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Only to be used once and thrown away

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Exposure control plan

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Plan designed to eliminate or reduce employee exposure to infectious material

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Exposure incident

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Situation that occurs when a person is exposed to infectious blood or material

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Hand hygiene

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Washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water and using alcohol based hand rubs

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HAI

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Healthcare associated infection

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HIV

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Human immunodeficiency virus

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Infection

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The state resulting from pathogens invading and growing in the human body

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Infection prevention

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The set of methods practiced in healthcare facilities to prevent and control the spread of disease

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Isolation

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To keep something separate or by myself to contain an infection

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Microorganism

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Tiny living object, sometimes called germs

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MDRO’s

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Multi-drug resistant organisms

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Non pathogen

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Microbe that does not usually cause an infection

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OSHA

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Pathogen

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Disease causing organisms

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PPE

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personal protective equipment

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Reverse isolation

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Procedure designed to protect a patient from infectious organisms that might be carried by the staff. Nurse will wear a mask if she is sick, weakened immune system, etc.

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Standard (universal) precautions

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Precautions that protect you from patients with known infections and from patients who have infections they are not aware of

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Sterile

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The absence of all microorganisms

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Transmissions based precautions

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Method of infection prevention used when caring for persons who are infected or suspected of being infected with a disease

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Tuberculosis (TB)

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A communicable infection that primarily affects the lungs. TB is extremely contagious and is spread through airborne droplets

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Virus

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One-celled organism that is much smaller than bacterium

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HAI

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healthcare associated infection

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TB

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Tuberculosis

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Alveoli

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Tint grape like sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place

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Apnea

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The absence of breathing

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Artery

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Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

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Aspiration

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Breathing food or fluid into the lungs

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Asthma

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Narrowing of the vessels in the lungs, makes it difficult to breathe

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Blood clot

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A smass of coagulated blood, as within a blood vessels or at the site of an open wound

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Bronchi

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Branches of the passages of the respiratory system that lead from the trachea into the lungs

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Bronchitis

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Inflammation of the bronchi

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Capillary

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A tiny blood vessel; food, oxygen, and other substances lass from the capillaries into the cells

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Cardiac

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Of or pertaining to the heart

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Cyanosis

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Blue pale skin and/or musous membranes due to decrease in oxygen in the blood

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Diaphragm

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  • Large flat surface of the stethoscope

- strong some shapes muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity

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Dyspnea

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Difficult, labored, or painful breathing

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Edema

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Swelling in body tissues caused by excess fluid

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Emphysema

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a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness

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Epiglottis

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The flap of cartilage covering the opening to the larynx

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Exhale

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To breathe out

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Hypertension

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Condition of high blood pressure

140/90 or above

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

90/60 or below

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Inhale

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To breathe in

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Larynx

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Voice box; part of the respiratory airway

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Nares

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The nostrils or nasal passages

62
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Pacemaker

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An electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing normal heartbeats by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle; tiny defibrillator in a sense

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Pertussis

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Medical term for whooping cough

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Pneumonia

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Inflammation/ infection of the lungs

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Respirations

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The act of breathing into and out of the lungs

Normal range 12-20 per minute

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Trachea

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Passage that carries air from the larynx down to the lungs; windpipe

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Veins

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Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

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Blood pressure

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The amount of force exerted of an artery by blood

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Brachial artery

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Artery inside the elbow; used to measure blood pressure

70
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Centigrade

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Basis of the former temperature scale in which 100 degrees separated the melting and boiling points of water

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Diastolic

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Phase when the heart relaxes; second measurement of blood pressure

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Digital thermometer

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Battery operated; can measure temperatures in a few seconds

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Ear canal

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The passage leading inward through the tympanic portion of the temporal bone

74
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Electric thermometer

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An instrument used to determine temperature

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Exhalation/Expiration

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To breathe out

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Exhalation/Expiration

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To breathe out

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Fahrenheit

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A temperature scale where the boiling of water is 252° and freezing point is 32°

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Inspiration/inhalation

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Breathing air into the lungs

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Irregular

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Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement

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Oral

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Mouth, teeth, and gums

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Pain

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Discomfort

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Pulse

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The neat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery

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Radial artery

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Artery running inside of the wrist; thumb side

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Rectal

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Relating to or affecting the rectum

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Sphygomomanometer

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Blood oressure cuff/ instrument used to measure blood pressure

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Stethoscope

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Instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other organs

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Systolic

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The amount of force it takes to pump blood out of the heart into the arterial circulation. Active part of the heart

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Temporal

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Of or relating to the temples on the side of skull behind the orbits

89
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Thermometer

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An instrumennt used to measure hot and cold

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Tympanic

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Relating to or resembling the drum of the ear

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Anemia

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A decrease in number of circulating RBCs

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Angina Pectoris

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Intense pain in chest due to lack of oxygen to the heart

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CHF

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Congestive heart failure- inability of heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood through the body

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CAD

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Coronary artery disease- buildup of plaque in the walls of the arteries causing decrease in blood and oxygen to the heart

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MI

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Myocardial infarction- lack of blood flow to heart resulting in death to part of the heart muscle

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PVD

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Peripheral vascular disease- inadequate circulation to the extremities

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COPD

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder- group of respiratory disease characterized by airway obstruction including bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma

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