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| Medical specialist who deals with blood and who is able to diagnose and treat a variety of blood diseases and disorders |
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| Medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lungs |
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| Medical specialist who studies the heart and its functions in health and disease |
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| Identification of a condition, disease, disorder or problem by systematic analysis of the background |
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| a buildup of fluid betweek the tissues that line the lungs and the chest |
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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 affec both lungs, one lung, or only certain lobes |
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| Deficienc of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness |
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| Test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of you heart |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication and other disorders |
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| chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury |
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congestive heart failure
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 |
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| as needed, as the circumstances require |
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Activities of daily living
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| type of cardiomyopathy caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries which suppy blood to the heart |
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gastrointestinal
referring to the stomach and the small and large intestine |
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| as needed, as the circumstances require |
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