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| A physician trained and experienced in hematology, that is skilled in performing diagnostic examinations of blood and bone marrow, or in treatment of such diseases, or both. |
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| A physician who posses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of lung conditions and diseases. |
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| A doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating, and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels. |
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| Is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body tissues. |
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| Of done by, or obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye. |
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| A build up of fluid in the pleural space, an area between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and the chest cavity. |
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| Inflammation of one or both lungs, with dense areas of lung inflammation. |
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| The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the number quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. |
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| The transfer of blood or blood components from one person (the donor) into the bloodstream of another person (the recipient). |
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| A test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. |
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| CBC(complete blood count) |
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| A blood test that is used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection, and leukemia. |
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| ADLS (activities of daily living) |
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| Things we normally do in the daily living including and daily activity we preform for self-care such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure. |
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| A sudden state of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function, sometimes associated with hallucinations and hyperactivity, during which the patient is inaccessible to normal contact. |
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| The process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. |
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| A general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. |
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| NAS (neonatal abstinence syndrome) |
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| A group of problems that occur in a new born 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 or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation. |
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| Abbreviation for bowel movement |
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| SOB (shortness of breath) |
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| Difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea. Can be caused by respiratory (breathing passages and lungs) or circulatory (heart and vessels) conditions and other conditions such as sever anemia or high fever. |
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| A term used to describe patients whose heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of their body due to coronary artery disease. |
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