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| infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually involves the lungs |
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| T or F: Tuberculosis can involve other organs than just the lungs |
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| rare malignant tumor arising in the pleura |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space |
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| inflammation of the pleura |
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False
Pleurisy and pleuritis are the same thing |
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| T or F: Pleurisy and pleuritis are not the same thing--but pleurisy causes pleuritis |
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| collection of air in the pleural space |
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| artificial production of adhesions between the parietal and visceral pleura for treatment of persistent pneumothorax and severe pleural effusion |
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| chronic obstruction pulmonary disease |
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| chronic condition of persistent obstruction of air flow through bronchial tubes and lungs |
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False
COPD is caused by smoking, air pollution, chronic infection, and asthma in a minority of cases |
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| T or F: COPD is mainly caused by long term asthma |
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| patients with predominant chronic bronchitis COPD |
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| patients with emphysema COPD |
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| failure of the right side of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood to the lungs because of underling lung disease |
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| collection of fluid in the pleural cavity |
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| relieving symptoms but not curing the disease |
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| pertaining to a sudden occurrence--such as a spasm or seizure |
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| combined form meaning sudden |
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| radiographic image of the thoracic cavity |
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| series of x-ray images each showing a "slice" of the chest at different depths, which can detect small masses not seen on regular films |
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| computed tomography of the chest |
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| computer generated series of x-ray images show thoracic structures in cross section and other planes |
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| What does the abbreviation CTPA stand for? |
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| combination of CT scanning and angiography |
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| magnetic resonance imaging |
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| magnetic resonance imaging of the chest |
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| magnetic waves create detaled images of the chest in frontal, lateral, and cross-sectional axial planes |
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| positron emission tomography |
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| positron emission tomography scan of the lung |
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| radioactive glucose is injected and images reveal metabolic activity in the lungs |
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