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32 Cards in this Set
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Tertiary Prevention
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Restoration of optimal health
ex: hospital care, rehabilitation |
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Evidence- based practice
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conscientious,explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
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Clinical practice guidelines
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algorithms
written directives combination of algorithms and written directives |
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Secondary Prevention
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Focuses on direct screening programs or public education
Early intervention to halt or reverse the disease process EX:screenings |
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Primary Prevention
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Activities toward decreasing the probability of disease
EX: public health programs,vaccinations |
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Mortality
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Provides information about trends in the health of a population
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Morbidity
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Describes the effects of an illness on a persons life
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Prevalence
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measure of existing disease in a population at a given point in time
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Incidence
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Number of new cases arising in a population at risk during a specified time
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Disease Case
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existing case or the number of new episodes of a particular illness
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Carrier Status
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Individual who harbors an organism but is not infected but can transmit to others
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Clinical Disease
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manifested by signs and symptoms
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Subclinical disease
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not clinically evident and will not become clinically apparent
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Preclinical stage
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disease not clinically evident but will progress to clinical disease
Ex: FLU bug |
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Subacute
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between acute and chronic, not as severe as acute and not as prolonged as chronic
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acute
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relatively severe but self limiting
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Chronic
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continuous, long term process
can run a continuous course or can present with exacerbation and remissions |
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Sequelae
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Lesions or impairments that follow or are caused by a disease
ex:shingles pain along the nerve tract |
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Complcation
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possible adverse extensions of a disease or outcomes from treatment
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Syndrome
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Compliation of signs and symptoms
ex:chronic fatique syndrome |
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Diagnosis
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Designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem
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Clinical Manifestations
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Functional alterations (signs and symptoms)
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Pathogenesis
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Development of the disease/ condition- structural alterations
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Incidence
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Prevalence of a disease/condition in a population
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Which of the following best describes the term etiology?
a.study of disease progression b.study of disease causes c.study of disease in population d.study of disease resolution |
B. study of disease causes: Etiology is the study fo the causes of disease
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Etiology
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cause of the disease and/or condition
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The mechanism of high blood pressure is an example of
a.Physiology b.Pathology c.Pathophysiology |
C. Pathophysiology: is the mechanistic study of disease
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Pathophysiology
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Study of the body's response to dysfunction or disease
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Disease
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is the interruption, cessation or disorder of a body system or organ structure
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World Health Assembly
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interaction between an individuals biology and behavior, physical and social environments, government policies and interventions and access to quality health care
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Healthy People 2010
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All citizens of the world reach a level of health by the year 2000 that allow them to live a socially and economically productive life
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World Health Organization
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state of complete physical,mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
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