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| A physician who specializes in the treatment of disorders of blood and blood forming tissue. |
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| A physician who specializes in the treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities. |
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| A physician who specializes in the treatment involving the lungs and the respiratory tract. |
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| Indicating a medication to be taken/applied/used 3 (three) times per day. |
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| Indicating a medication to be taken/applied/used as needed. |
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| Infection of the lung usually caused by bacteria, viruses, or diseases. |
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| Buildup of fluid between layers of the tissue lining the lung and the chest cavity, which develops when a person has pneumonia. |
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| Deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of one person into the veins of another. |
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| Electrocardiogram = EKG or ECG |
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| 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. |
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| Complete Blood Count = CBC |
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| A set of values of the cellular (formed elements) of blood. These measurements are determined by a specially designed machines that analyze the different components of blood. |
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| Acute confusional state, is an organically caused decline from a previously attained baseline level of cognitive function. A disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of your environment. |
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| A term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases. |
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| The NAS, or no-added-salt diet, involves restricting sodium intake to less than 4 grams, or 4,000 milligrams per day. |
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| Activities of daily living (ADL) are routine activities that people tend do every day without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence. |
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| A disease of the heart muscle where the heart muscle becomes enlarged, thick, or rigid. In rare cases, the muscle tissue in the heart is replaced with scar tissue. |
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| SOB, or shortness of breath, describes difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea. Shortness of breath can be caused by respiratory (breathing passages and lungs) or circulatory (heart and blood vessels) conditions and other conditions such as severe anemia or high fever. |
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| A temporary increase in your body temperature, often due to an illness. A fever is a body temperature of 100.4 F or greater. |
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| Blood pressure, or BP, is the pressure of the blood in the circulatory system, often measured for diagnosis since it is closely related to the force and rate of the heartbeat and the diameter and elasticity of the arterial walls. A normal base reading is 120/80 mm Hg. |
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| Having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides. |
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