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| A person who studies blood. A specialist of blood |
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| A person who studies the heart. A heart specialist |
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| A person who studies the lungs. A lung specialist. |
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| The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defect. |
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| As needed, whenever neccessary |
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| A test that allows you to see inside the fundus.Fundus The bottom or lowest part of a sac or hollow organ; that part farthest removed from the opening or exit; occasionally a broad cul-de-sac. |
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| An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues |
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| Increased fluid in the pleural space. Pleura: The serous membrane enveloping the lungs and lining the walls of the pulmonary cavities. |
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| Inflammation of the lung parenchyma characterized by consolidation of the affected part, the alveolar air spaces being filled with exudate, inflammatory cells, and fibrin |
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| Any condition in which the number of red blood cells/mm3, the amount of hemoglobin in 100 mL of blood, and/or the volume of packed red blood cells/100 mL of blood are less than norma. Iron deficiency |
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| Activities of daily living |
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| An altered state of consciousness, consisting of confusion, distractibility, disorientation, disordered thinking and memory, defective perception (illusions and hallucinations), prominent hyperactivity, agitation, and autonomic nervous system overactivity |
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| The loss, usually progressive, of cognitive and intellectual functions, without impairment of perception or consciousness |
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