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21 Cards in this Set
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Disease |
Not at ease (unwell) |
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Nosocomial disease |
Aquired in a medical facility |
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Idiopathic disease |
Disease with an undeterminable cause |
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Communicable disease |
Spread in many ways |
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Contagious |
Person v. Person |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
(CDC) tracks diseases worldwide |
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Endemic |
Disease occurs withing a region or population |
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Epidemic |
Disease occurs in a large number within a region |
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Pandemic |
Disease occurs country/worldwide |
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Signs |
Definitive, measurable indicators of illness |
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Symptoms |
Unmeasurable indicators of illness. Pt co |
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Syndrome |
Group of symptoms which occur within a specific disease |
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Diagnosis |
ID of the nature of an illness |
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Chief Complaint |
Pt's main reason for health care treatment. |
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Prognosis |
Estimated outcome of disease |
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Acute condition |
Rapid onset |
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Chronic condition |
Frequent recurrence |
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Remission |
Dormant disease activity which has the potential to become active |
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Relapse |
Recurrence of disease |
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Exacerbation |
Acutely "flare up" |
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Terminal disease |
Prognosis of death |
