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| Doctor of Hematology, also spelled haematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood |
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| A cardiologist is a doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. |
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| A pulmonologist, or pulmonary disease specialist, is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. Pulmonology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning |
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| a member of a Christian movement (the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society) founded in the US by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). Jehovah's Witnesses deny many traditional Christian doctrines (including the divinity of Christ). and refuse military service and blood transfusion on religious grounds. |
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of or relating to Asia or its people, customs, or languages.
a native of Asia or a person of Asian descent |
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| of or relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America |
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| the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms |
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| three times a day. It is an abbreviation for "ter in die" which in Latin means three times a day. The abbreviation t.i.d. is sometimes written without a period either in lower-case letters as "tid" or in capital letters as "TID". |
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| q.h.s. or qhs, Latin for "every night at bedtime" |
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| Pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning "in the circumstances" or "as the circumstance arises" |
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| Per os or peroral, meaning "by mouth", i.e. oral administration of a medication |
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| Funduscopic examination is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. One looks through the ophthalmoscope which is simply a light with various optical modifications, including lenses |
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| A pleural effusion is a buildup of fluid between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and chest cavity. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs ( double pneumonia ), one lung ( single pneumonia ), or only certain lobes ( lobar pneumonia ). |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness |
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| An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. An EKG shows the heart's electrical activity as line tracings on paper. The spikes and dips in the tracings are called waves. The heart is a muscular pump made up of four chambers |
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| A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. A complete blood count test measures several components and features of your blood, including: Red blood cells, which carry oxygen. |
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| Activities of daily living (ADL) are routine activities that people tend do everyday without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| Resident Assessment Protocol |
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| A NAS diet is still a balanced diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meat and vegetables, but the choices you make must be lower-sodium choices. The NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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| is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. In this condition, the left ventricle, which is the main heart muscle, is usually enlarged and dilated. This condition can be a result of a heart attack or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries |
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| HCL is the medical friendly, water and acid soluablle, salt version of an amine. Amines are converted to a salt form for their standardized and predictable rates of solubiliy and absorption. Think of HCL's as though you were making a glass of koolaid. You want the koolaid to dissolve easily and quickly as well as dispersrse evenly in the water. You don't want clumps or undissolved pieces etc.when you stir it up. HCL's accomplish this, thereby enabling them to be handled easily and administered evenly and efficently. |
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| an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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| technical term for earwax. |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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| a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis |
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| Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation |
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| Temperature, Radial Pulse rate, Pulmonary Rate, Blood Pressure |
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| having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides. |
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| The mediastinum (from Medieval Latin mediastinus, "midway") is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue, as an undelineated region that contains a group of structures within the thorax. |
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