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| Concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. |
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| Physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (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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| 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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| Person who is relating to Asia or its people, customs, or languages. |
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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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| A weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. |
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| Known as "Water in the lungs."The build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs |
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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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| Decrease in the amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood. It can also be defined as a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen. |
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| Emergency Room Concern of Shortness of breathe |
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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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| Every day of every hour of sleep |
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| 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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| Sounds characterized by discontinuous clicking or rattling sound |
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| Tumor, or growth that is not cancerous. This means that it does not spread to other parts of the body. It does not invade nearby tissue. |
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| increased or excessive production of urine. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| 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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| Within hours to a few days uch as a severe or chronic medical illness, changes in your metabolic balance (such as low sodium), medication, infection, surgery, or alcohol or drug withdrawal |
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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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| Congestive 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—compare coronary failure. |
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| Chronic disease of the heart muscle. |
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| Relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| To move from one place to another (needs assistance) |
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| A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness. |
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| Ischemic cardiomyopathy (IC) |
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| 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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| Sulfonamide family of drugs. |
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| A manner of walking or moving on foot. 2: a sequence of foot movements that move forward. |
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| Hydrochloric acid; Gastric juice |
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| Screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a screening tool for tuberculosis (TB). |
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| Standing orders usually name the condition and prescribe the action to be taken in caring for the patient, including the dosage and route of administration for a drug or the schedule for the administration of a therapeutic procedure |
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| An abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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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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| Diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease |
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| breathlessness or shorthess of breath; labored or difficult breathing. It is a sign of a variety of disorders and is primarily an indication of inadequate ventilation or of insufficient amounts of oxygen in the circulating blood. |
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Painful, spasmodic contractions of voluntary muscles, especially of the jaw.
Toxins that affect the nerve connection. |
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| Uninary Tract Infection. An infection of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. |
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| OT (Occupational Therapy) |
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| Therapeutic use of self-care, work, and recreational activities to increase independent function, enhance development, and prevent disability; may include adaptation of tasks or environment to achieve maximum independence and optimal quality of life |
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| Water-type dressings that contain hydroactive particles which, when in contact with wound exudate, form a fluid/gel environment over the wound bed. They can be self-adhering with a surface that repells water, bacteria and other outside contaminants. They are considered occlusive or semi-occlusive |
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| Left occipitoanterior position. |
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| A tube used for feeding or suctioning stomach contents; inserted through the nose and down the esophagus into the stomach. |
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| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) the manual application of chest compressions and ventilations to patients in cardiac arrest, done in an effort to maintain viability until advanced help arrives |
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| Pupils equal and reactive to light |
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| Posterior–anterior, posteroanterior pulmonary artery physician assistant psoriatic arthritis primary aldosteronism |
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| A septum between two parts of an organ or a cavity. 2. The median partition of the thoracic cavity, covered by the mediastinal part of the parietal pleura and containing all the thoracic viscera and structures except the lungs |
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