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| Checks for any electrical activity issues with the heart by showing line tracings on a paper printed from the machine EKG machine. |
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CBC
(Complete Blood Count) |
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| A blood test that evaluates your health and can detect a wide range of health issues, measures many parts of your blood.
For example, red blood cell count and white blood cell count are measured through CBC. |
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| Donated blood is added to your own blood due to blood loss. This is done through IV. |
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| Inflames air sacs in either one lung or both lungs, caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. |
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| Your body doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry enough oxygen to the bodies tissues. |
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| A doctor in medicine that studies blood, blood forming organs, and blood diseases. |
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| A doctor in medicine that studies the heart. |
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Pulmonologist
Pul/Mo/Nol/O/gist |
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| A doctor in medicine that studies diagnosis and treatment in lung condition and diseases. |
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CPR
(cardiopulmonary resuscitation) |
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| An emergency life saving procedure that is done when someone stops breathing. Includes chest compression's and rescue breathing. |
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Build up of excess fluid between layers of Pleura outside the lungs.
(Pleura- thin membranes that line the lungs inside the chest cavity to help breathing). |
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| Relates to both the right and left side of the body. |
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Difficulty breathing; shortness of breath.
Sign of disease in lungs, airway, or heart. |
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| Body temperature that is higher than the normal body temperature of 98.6 due to illness. |
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| Routine part of examination for the Eyes in eye exams as well as physical exams, checks the fundus of the eye. |
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| Mental illness that causes someone to not be able to think clearly or to understand what is real or not real. |
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| Confused thinking and less awareness of your surroundings. |
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| No Added Salt , this is a diet. |
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| A gel or water form layer to protect and heal a wound. |
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Urinary Tract Infection.
An infection in the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. |
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