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| Complains of... [a symptom, illness, pain, etc.] |
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1. An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.
2. The physical sign commonly likened to swelling or increased girth that often accompanies the accumulation of fluid in a body part, most often a limb. |
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A test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope (or funduscope).
It is done as part of an eye examination and may be done as part of a routine physical examination |
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Build up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs.
"Water on the lungs" |
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Complete Blood Count
Panel of blood tests used as a broad screening test for anemias, infections, and other diseases |
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No Salt Added Diet
The NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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Congestive Heart Failure
A chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscles. CHF specifically refers to the stage in which fluid builds up around the heart causing it to pump inefficiently. |
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| A disorder caused by myocardial hypoxia, which compromises the heart's ability to efficiently pump blood. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing. |
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| Therapeutic leave of absence. |
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Nasogastric Tube (in terms of tube feeding).
A nasogastric tube is a narrow bore tube passed into the stomach via the nose. It is used for short- or medium-term nutritional support, and also for aspiration of stomach contents - eg, for decompression of intestinal obstruction. |
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Pupils equal and reactive to light.
The pupil is abnormal if it fails to dilate to the dark or fails to constrict to light or accommodation. |
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| the space in the chest between the pleural sacs of the lungs that contains all the tissues and organs of the chest except the lungs and pleurae |
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Activities of daily living.
The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure. |
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Intramuscular.
Situated or taking place within, or administered into, a muscle |
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Three times a day.
(In terms of prescription dosing) |
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| Shortness of breath (Medically referred to as dyspnea) |
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Resident Assessment Protocol.
Part of the charting function for health care facilities. |
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As needed, whenever necessary
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Every night at bedtime
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