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40 Cards in this Set
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Pathophysiology |
Study of functional changes that occur in the body as a result of injury, disease or disorder |
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Pathology |
Study of changes in cells/tissues because of injury or disease |
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Physiology |
Mechanisms of body function |
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Structure |
How body is put together, including components and their locations |
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Function |
How parts work together |
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Disease |
Functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems |
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Syndromes |
Specific condition with recognizable patterns |
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Pathogenesis |
Disease manner of development/ disease begins (Disease process/progression) |
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Idiopathic |
No known etiology |
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Etiology |
Precise cause of disease |
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Pathogen |
Disease causing microorganism |
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Multifactorial |
having more than one genetic/environmental causing event |
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Nosocomial |
disease resulting from infection exposure in a health care setting |
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Iatrogenic |
diseases that are the result of medical treatment |
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Clinical Manifestation |
presenting signs (objective) and symptoms (subjective) |
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symptoms
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not directly observable by practitioner, must be reported by patient |
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Precipitating Factors |
Triggers that promote disease onset |
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Local
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Manifestations found at/confined to disease site
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Systemic
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manifestations present throughout body |
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Acute |
last a few days to a few months |
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sub acute |
lasts 3-6 months |
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Chronic |
last longer than 6 months, insidious |
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Insidious |
gradual onset |
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Remissions |
Symptom free period |
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Exacerbations |
flaring of symptoms |
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Asymptomatic |
person has no noticeable symptoms even though tests indicate disease is present |
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Diagnosis |
label/name for disease |
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Nursing Diagnosis |
describe human response to illness |
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Prognosis |
prediction of how person will proceed through disease process |
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Morbidity |
negative outcome with complications that affect quality of life |
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Mortality |
death |
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Health |
perceived wholeness of body mind and spirit |
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Illness |
state resulting in suffering/distress |
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Homeostasis |
state of balance in body marks by effective response to stimuli |
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Epidemiology |
study of disease in a population |
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Incidence |
rate of occurrence of disease at any given time |
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Prevalence |
percentage of a population affected by a particular disease at a given time |
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Endemic |
incidence/prevalence of disease are stable and predictable |
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Epidemic |
dramatic increase in disease incidence in a population |
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Pandemic |
epidemic spreads across continents |
