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| A specialist in hematology, the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood disease. |
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| An unusual amount of fluid around the lung. |
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| Term used to describe patients whose heart can no long pump enough blood to the rest of their body due to coronary artery disease. |
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| Gastrostomy Tube, is a tube inserted through the abdomen that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach. |
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| OR ECG (Electrocardiogram) is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. |
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| Activities of daily living |
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| Rapid Assessment Procedure: is a data collection tool which takes standard anthropological techniques and adapts them for use with health programs. |
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| Not a specific disease. Describes as a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a persons ability to perform everyday activities. |
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| Adverse Drug Reaction: is an injury caused by taking a medication. |
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| Wafer-type dressings that contain hydroactive particles which, when in contact with wound exudate, form a fluid/gel environment over the wound bed. |
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| Blood Pressure: Pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels and especially arteries, usually measured on the radial artery. |
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| Is a swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your bodies tissues. |
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| Of, Done By, or Obtained by |
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| Is generally the process of receiving blood or blood products into one's circulation intravenously. |
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| "Water on the lungs", is the build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs. |
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| Occurs when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. |
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| Three times a day (Ter in die) |
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| Nightly. (quaque hora somni) Every bedtime |
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