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| A physician that studies diseases or conditions that affect the blood |
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| a physician that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract which is the passage formed by the mouth, nose, throat, and lungs, through which air passes during breathing |
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| A doctor that a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities: |
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| A device for studying the interior of the eyeball through the pupil |
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| disease caused by collection of fluid in pleural space between visceral and parietal pleura. Visceral pleura are a thin membrane closely adheres to lungs and parietal pleura are closely adhering to chest wall. |
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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 affect both lungs or just one |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness |
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| short for electrocardiogram. It is a test that measure the electrical system of a heartbeat. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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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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| 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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| 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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| (IC) is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. In this condition, the left ventricle, which is the main heart muscle, is usually enlarged and dilated. This condition can be a result of a heart attack or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries. |
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| difficult or labored breathing |
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| When there is a medical condition that detrimentally affects the gastrointestinal system. |
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A wound dressing: Can be either a primary or a secondary dressing
Wafer-type dressings that contain hydroactive particles which, when in contact with wound exudate, form a fluid/gel environment over the wound bed. They can be self-adhering with a surface that repells water, bacteria and other outside contaminants. They are considered occlusive or semi-occlusive. |
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| short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest |
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| having or relating to both sides of a location |
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abbreviation for mediastinum
a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs. |
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