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| records electrical signals as they travel through your heart. |
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| is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. A complete blood count test measures several components and features of your blood, including: Red blood cells, which carry oxygen. |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| 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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| Is a no added salt diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meats and vegetables but must be low in sodium |
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| Activities of daily living (ADL) are routine activities that people tend do everyday without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence |
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| is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. |
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| an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. |
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| A wafer type dressing a form a fluid/gel environment over the wound |
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| a specialist in the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs |
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| a doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels |
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| a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. |
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| condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. |
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| is a condition in which excess fluid builds around the lung |
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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 deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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