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An inflammation of the alveoli, interstitial tissue, and bronchioles of lungs d/t infection
- bacteria, viruses, fungi, chemical irritants |
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| Decrease in circulating red blood cells |
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| Sulfa kills bacteria and fungi by interfering with their metabolism. |
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| Individuals who had ever smoked but did not smoke at the time of the interview would be defined as ex-smokers, regardless of their age at quitting and length of time since they quit. |
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| The science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting patient. |
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| A sputum culture is a test to detect and identify bacteria or fungi that infect the lungs or breathing passages. |
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| Blood culture is a test that looks for germs such as bacteria or fungi in the blood |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| The process of becoming progressively worse; Collapse |
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| The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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| Information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time |
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| Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscles. While often referred to simply as “heart failure”, CHF specifically refers to the stage in which fluid builds up around the heart causing it to pump inefficiently. |
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| Pleural effusion is a buildup 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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| Crackles are abnormal lung sounds characterized by discontinuous clicking or rattling sounds. |
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| obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye. |
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| involving conscious intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, or remembering |
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| chronic disease of the heart muscle |
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| chronic disease of the heart muscle. |
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| A person's manner of walking. |
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| a thin membrane separating the middle ear from the inner part of the external auditory canal that vibrates in response to sound energy and transmits the resulting mechanical vibrations to the structures of the middle ear—called also eardrum, tympanum. |
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