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01/05/2017

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Jehovah's Witness
Definition
Because of religious beliefs, patient refuses blood transfusions
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Asian
Definition
Culturally, may have different concept of time, stoic demeanor, high family values
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Hispanic
Definition
May have to test for Chagas disease, potential language barrier
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Hematologist
Definition
Studies diseases related to blood
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Cardiologist
Definition
Doctor of the heart
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Pulmonologist
Definition
Specializes in lungs and lung diseases
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Diagnosis
Definition
Identification of an illness or problem by the examination of symptoms
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Edema
Definition
Excess watery fluid accumulating in some part of the body
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Fundoscopic
Definition
Test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye
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Pleural effusion
Definition
Excess fluid in the pleural cavity
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Pneumonia
Definition
Lung inflammation caused by viral or bacterial infection
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Anemia
Definition
Deficiency of RBC's or of hemoglobin
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Blood transfusion
Definition
Process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another
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tid
Definition
"ter in die"--three times a day
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qhs
Definition
"quaque hora somni"--every bedtime
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prn
Definition
"pro re nata"--as the circumstances arise
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po
Definition
"per os"--by mouth; orally
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SOB
Definition
Shortness of breath
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C/O
Definition
"complains of"
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ER
Definition
Emergency room
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