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| IS A SPECIALIST IN HEMATOLOGY,THE SCIENCE OR STUDY OF BLOOD,BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS AND BLOOD DISEASES.THE MEDICAL ASPECT OF HERPETOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH TREATMENT OF BLOOD DISORDERS AND MALIGNANCIES,INCLUDING TYPES OF HEMOPHILIA,LEUKEMIA,LYMPHOMA |
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| a syndrome due to intravascular hemolysis of transfused blood by serum antibodies of the recipient, which react with an antigen of the donor red blood cells; characterized by chills, fever, backache or muscle cramps, hemoglobinemia, hemoglobinuria, and oliguria, which may result in acute renal failure, DIC, and death. |
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| The loss, usually progressive, of cognitive and intellectual functions, without impairment of perception or consciousness; caused by a variety of disorders, (structural or degenerative) but most commonly associated with structural brain disease. Characterized by disorientation, impaired memory, judgment, and intellect, and a shallow labile affect. |
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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. Most cases are due to infection by bacteria or viruses, a few to inhalation of chemicals or trauma to the chest wall, and a few to rickettsiae, fungi, and yeasts. Distribution may be lobar, segmental, or lobular; when lobular and associated with bronchitis, it is termed bronchopneumonia. |
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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 normal; clinically, generally pertaining to the concentration of oxygen-transporting material in a designated volume of blood, in contrast to total quantities as in oligocythemia, oligochromemia, and oligemia. Anemia is frequently manifested by pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, soft systolic murmurs, lethargy, and tendency to fatigue. |
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| congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| Sounds heard on auscultation of the chest as a result of inflammation of the pleura with fibrinous exudate. |
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| The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defect. |
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| Physician specializing in cardiology. |
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1. An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.
2. At the gross level, used to describe 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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.(TERM). That state, following a period of mental or bodily activity, characterized by a lessened capacity or motivation for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment, usually accompanied by a feeling of weariness, sleepiness, irritability, or loss of ambition; may also supervene when, from any cause, energy expenditure outstrips restorative processes and may be confined to a single organ.
2. Sensation of boredom and lassitude due to absence of stimulation, monotony, or lack of interest in one's surroundings. |
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| A triple cadence to the heart sounds; due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds, and usually indicative of serious disease. |
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To evaluate the fundus features that can differentiate polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) from choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). |
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| Abbreviation for complete blood count. |
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Abbreviation for electrocardiogram.
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| Abbreviation for activities of daily living |
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| increased fluid in the pleural space; can cause shortness of breath by compression of the lung and/or increased intrathoracic pressure resulting in mediastinal shift and increased work of breathing; a transudative effusion has low protein content and is usually due to heart failure, uremia, or hypoalbuminemia; an exudative effusion has high protein and cell count and is due most often to inflammation, malignancy, or infection; an infected pleural effusion is an empyema; a pleural effusion associated with pneumonia is a parapneumonic effusion; a pleural effusion without actual infection but with signs of a high degree of inflammation (low pH, low glucose, high lactate dehydrogenase, many white blood cells) is a complex pleural effusion and is frequently associated with pneumonia; a loculated pleural effusion is not free flowing in the pleura space but rather confined to one or more fixed pockets. |
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| (TERM)An altered state of consciousness, consisting of confusion, destructibility, disorientation, disordered thinking and memory, defective perception (illusions and hallucinations), prominent hyperactivity, agitation, and autonomic nervous system over activity; caused by illness, medication, or toxic, structural, and metabolic disorders. |
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| (TERM) Pertaining to cognition. |
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| (TERM) Relating to or affected by ischemia. |
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