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| A Hematologist is a specialist who studies blood, blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. |
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| A Cardiologist is a specialist who studies the heart and its functions in health and disease. |
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| A Pulmonologist is a specialist who diagnoses and treats lung disease |
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| Diagnosis is the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. |
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| The effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities. |
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| Fundoscopic is a test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope (or funduscope). |
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| A pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. |
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| Inflamation of the lungs caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. |
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| A deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| An EKG is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. |
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| A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders. |
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| Activities of daily living |
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| A disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders |
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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 term used to describe patients whose heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of their body due to coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. |
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