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| Pulmonary disease specialist |
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| The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms |
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| Shortness of breath abbreviation |
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| A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body |
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| Act of examining the fundus of the eye |
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| Build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs |
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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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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| Test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart |
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| Complete blood count abbreviation |
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| Abbreviation for activities of daily living |
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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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| 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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| NAS (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome) |
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| A group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate drugs while in the mother's womb |
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| CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) |
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| Heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body |
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| Type of cardiomyopathy caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries |
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| Occupational Therapy abbreviaton |
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| CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) |
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| An emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function |
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