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| An altered state of consciousness, consisting of confusion, distractability, disorientation, disordered thinking and memory, defective perception, prominent hyperactivity, agitation, and autonomic nervous system over-activity; caused by illness, medication, or toxic stuctural and metabolic disorders. |
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| The escape of fluid from the blood vessles or lymphatics into the tissue, or a cavity. |
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| Shortness of breath, a subjective difficult or distress with breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or lungs. |
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| Capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior; denoting drugs used in treatment of mental illness. |
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| Abbreviation for "bowel movement" |
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| Abbreviation for Congenital Heart Failure |
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| A specialist in the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs. |
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Abbrevation for, "pro ne nata".
-As needed; when necessary. |
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Abbreviation for, "Caridopulmonary resuscitation."
-Restoration of cardiac output and pulmonary ventilation, following cardiac arrest and apnea, using artificial respiration and manual closed-chest compression, or open-chest cardiac massage. |
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| Abbreviation for, "complete blood count." |
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| Abbreviation for "activities of daily living." |
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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, or only certain lobes. |
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| Abbreviation for, "three times daily." |
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| Abbrevication for milliliter. |
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| Abbreviation for, "No added salt." |
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| Abbreviation for, "physical therapy." |
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