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| A member of a Christian movement (the watch tower bible and tract society) founded in the U.S by Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916). Jehovah Witnesses deny many traditional christian doctrines (including the divinity of Christ).They also refuse military service and blood transfusions on religious grounds. |
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| A native or a person of Asian descent |
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| A Spanish speaking person living in the U.S especially one of the latin american descent. |
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| A physician trained and experienced in hematology, that is skilled in performing diagnostic examinations of blood and bone marrow or treatment of such diseases or both. |
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| A pulmonologist is a disease specialist who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. Pulmonology is classified as an internal medicine sub-specialty. |
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| A Cardiologist is a doctor who studies the heart and its functions in health and diseases. |
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| A weakness of the heart that leads to a build up of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. |
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| A plueral effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the plueral cavity, the fluid filled space that surrounds the lungs. This excess can impair breathing by limiting the expansion of the lungs. |
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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 can occur in both lungs. |
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| A circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty. |
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| All invasive therapies performed in-patient surgery. |
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| A postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of the disease. |
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| Opthalmoscopy also called funduscopy is a test that allows a heath professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an opthalmoscope (or fundoscope). Done as a routine eye exam. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| Activities of daily living. |
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| A chronic persistent disorder of rhe mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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| A term to describe patients whose hearts can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of there body due to coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. |
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| The mediastinum is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue, as a underlined region that contains a group of structures within the thorax. |
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| The identification of the nature of an illness or another problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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| Anemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells, or hemoglobin in the blood. |
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