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Pathophysiology
Chapter One SFA
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
08/30/2011

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Term
Primary Prevention
Definition
Prohibits disease from occuring
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Secondary Prevention
Definition
Early detection and treatment of disease through screening
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Teritary Prevention
Definition
Rehabilitiation after detection of disease; the aim is prevention of complications and/or progression of the condition.
Term
Etiology
Definition
Cause
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Pathogen
Definition
Disease- causing organism
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Idiopathic
Definition
Cause unknown
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Multifactorial
Definition
Having several causes
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Nosocomial
Definition
Caused by exposure th health care environment
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Iatrogenic
Definition
caused by medical treatment
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Syndrome
Definition
cluster of clinical manifestations,laboratory and other diagnostic tests that fit a recognizable, predictable pattern
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Prognosis
Definition
forecast or prediction of how an individual will proceed through the health condition
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Complications
Definition
negative sequelae
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Signs
Definition
Observable or measurable expression of disease
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Symptoms
Definition
Indicators of disease report by the client
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Morbidity
Definition
A negative outcome with desease complications that impact the quality of life
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Mortality
Definition
Death
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Acute
Definition
Illness has abrupt onset and last only a few days
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Chronic
Definition
illness has isidious, or gradual, onset and last for a longer period of time.
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