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Primary Care Practitioner
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PCP
Usually the first contact a patient has with the medical system. |
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Health Maintenance Organization
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HMO
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Preferred Provider Organization
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PPO
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4 classifications of primary care.
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1) General Practice
2) Family Practice 3) Internal Medicine 4) Pediatrics |
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General Practice
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Lincensed with the state and in good standing.
Similar to family practice. They see the whole family. |
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Family Practice
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They provide care for the entire family. They treate all organ systems and diseases. Complicated cases may be referred to a specialist.
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Medical Doctor
MD |
Alleopathic Medicine = treating with remedies that produce effects that are antagonistic to disease
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Osteopathic Physician
DO |
believes medicine is an interactive relationship among a body systems balance as it relates to a patients health
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Chiropractic Medicine
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Deals with the SUBLAXATION of the spine
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Doctor of Optomitry
OD |
Speacializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders in vision
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Doctor of Opthomology
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Specializes in surgical disorders of the eye
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Obstetrics
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involves women during pregnancy, childbirth and recouperative care
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Amniocentisis
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a procedure where a needle is inserted into the sac to remove amniotic fluid for analysis for identification and diagnosis of congenital, physical and mental birth defects
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Alpha-feto Protien
AFP |
performed in the 15-21 week period. If blood level is too high or too low, it could indicate a problem in the fetus
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OB urine test
OB blood test |
gluclose
anemia, keytones and Rh factor |
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Nagel's Rule
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calculation for date of delivery
1. 1st day of LMP 2. minus 3 months 3. add 7 days 4. add 1 year |
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Apgar Test
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5 induvidual check points on an infant upon delivery. 2 pts each. Done at 1 minute and again at 5 minutes.
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Gynecology
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deals with female reproductive health
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By-Manual pelvic exam
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gloved hands in a palpatating motion, looking for tenderness, masses, location of uterus/overies & inspection of external genitiles
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Pap smear
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samples of cells for cytology to look for CA cells
from: cervial os, cul-de-sac of Douglas, vaginal wall |
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Thin Prep
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type of pap smear using fixodent to adhere the cervial, vaginal and endocervival cell to a slide.
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Specimen Bottle
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type of pap smear where cervical, vaginal and endocervical cells are placed into individual bottles for examination
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Cytology Form requirements
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a statement of adequecy
general catorization discriptive diagnosis list of abnormal findings |
