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| the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. |
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| A doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing disease of the heart and blood vessels. |
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| is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary(lung) conditions and diseases |
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| the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms |
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| examination is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye |
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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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| A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hermoglobin in the blood, resulting pallor and weariness |
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| Lung inflammation caused by bacteria or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs. |
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| Sometimes referred to as "water on the lungs" is the build up as excess fluid between the layer of the pleura outside the lungs |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| An electrocardiogram so test that checks for problems with electrical activity of your heart. |
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| A complete blood count si blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia |
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| Activities of the daily living |
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| A chrionic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorder, personality changes, and impaired reasoning |
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| heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissue of the blood or to pump out the venous circulation-- compared coronary failure |
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| Is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. |
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| Water-type dressings that contain hydroactive particles which, when in contact with wound exudate,form a fluid/gel environment over the wound bed. |
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| A gastrostomy tube is a tube inserted through the abdomen that deliever nutrition directly to the stomach. |
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| The mediastinum is the part of the chest that lies between the sternum ans the spinal column, and between the lungs. |
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