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| a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities. |
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| A pulmonologist, or pulmonary disease specialist, is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. Pulmonology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty. |
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| examination of the fundus of the eye |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid |
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| A blood transfusion is a safe, common procedure in which blood is given to you through an intravenous (IV) line in one of your blood vessels. |
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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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| Seen on a prescription.Means three times a day. It is an abbreviation for "ter in die" which in Latin means three times a day. |
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| A pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleuralcavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. This excess can impair breathing by limiting the expansion of the lungs. ... A pneumothorax is the accumulation of air in the pleural space, and is commonly called a "collapsed lung." |
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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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| A NAS diet is still a balanced diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meat and vegetables, but the choices you make must be lower-sodium choices. The NAS dietallows 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(chf) |
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| heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation—compare coronary failure. |
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| ADLs (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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| abbreviation for bowel movement; used in medical records. |
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| Shortness of breath: Difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea.Shortness of breath can be caused by respiratory (breathing passages and lungs) or circulatory (heart and blood vessels) conditions and other conditions such as severe anemia or high fever. |
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| a term used to describe patients whose heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of their body due to coronary artery disease. |
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| Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 F (37 C), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significantfever until the temperature is above 100.4 F (38 C). ... A fever of this sort demands immediate home treatment and then medical attention. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath.Dyspnea is a sign of serious disease of the airway, lungs, or heart. |
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| (UTI) Urinary tract infection |
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| An infection of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. Abbreviated UTI. Not everyone with aUTI has symptoms, but common symptoms include a frequent urge to urinate and pain or burning when urinating. |
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| CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is an emergency lifesaving procedure that is done when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen after an electric shock, heart attack, or drowning. |
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| May go on therapeutic leave of absencewith currentmeds accordingto facility policy |
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