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| Because of religious beliefs, patient refuses blood transfusions |
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| Culturally, may have different concept of time, stoic demeanor, high family values |
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| May have to test for Chagas disease, potential language barrier |
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| Studies diseases related to blood |
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| Specializes in lungs and lung diseases |
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| Identification of an illness or problem by the examination of symptoms |
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| Excess watery fluid accumulating in some part of the body |
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| Test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye |
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| Excess fluid in the pleural cavity |
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| Lung inflammation caused by viral or bacterial infection |
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| Deficiency of RBC's or of hemoglobin |
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| Process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| "ter in die"--three times a day |
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| "quaque hora somni"--every bedtime |
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| "pro re nata"--as the circumstances arise |
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| "per os"--by mouth; orally |
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