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| Is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. |
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| A cardiologist is a heart doctor. He or she is the one to visit if you feel a tightness in your chest and shortness of breath. |
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| A pulmonologist, or pulmonary disease specialist, is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. Pulmonology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty |
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| The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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| A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| is a test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope (or funduscope). It is done as part of an eye examination and may be done as part of a routine physical examination. |
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| Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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| An acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| Congestive Heart Failure. |
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| Activities of daily living. |
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| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| Having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides. |
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| Gastrostomy tube. Is a tube inserted through the abdomen that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing. |
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