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| new, usually rapid onset and of concern, opposite chronic |
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| located towards the front of the body |
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| normal, no danger to health |
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| Slow heart-rate (HR less than 60bpm) |
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| Inflammation of the cholecyst(gall bladder) |
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| Long standing, constant. Opposite of acute |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
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| Artery that supplies heart tissue with blood |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) |
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| "stroke" lack of blood supply to the brain causing brain damage |
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| Farther from the trunk of the body |
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| Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) |
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| A blood clot in the deep vein, most often an extremity |
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| large amount of blood in the vomit |
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| large amount of blood in the urine |
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| coughing up large amounts of blood |
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| Excessive or profuse bleeding |
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| Low oxygen saturation of the body, not enough oxygen in the blood |
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| Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply |
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| Lower on the body, farther from the head |
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| Splitting of the skin due to trauma(a cut due to something sharp) |
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| Myocardial infarction (MI) |
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| death of cardiac muscle due to ischemia |
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| muscular pain, "muscle aches" |
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| oriented to person, place and time |
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| Blocking of a pulmonary artery due to a blood clot |
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| Rear or backside of the body |
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| Nearer to the trunk of the body |
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| Crackles; wet crackling noise in lungs |
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| Clear nasal drainage, "runny nose" |
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| Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs |
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| Dangerous infection of the blood |
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| ST elevation, MI real-time ongoing death of heart tissue due to ischemia |
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| Higher on the body, nearer to the head |
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| body position lying face up |
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| "passing out" loss of consciousness or fainting |
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| fast heart rate (HR greater than 100bpm) |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack(TIA) |
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| Minor stroke, neurological function is regained quickly with time |
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| Condition of dizziness, "room spinning" |
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| High pitched sound heard in the lungs with asthmatics or lung disease |
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