Patho & Ds Processes Flashcards
definition of risk factors
Characteristics that can make a person more likely to suffer a disease or injury.
determinants of health
Factors that influence a person’s or population’s health.
Factors that lead to high mortality and morbidity?
Biology, genetics, behavior, availablity of health resources, social standards, lawmaker involvement
common diagnostic measures
blood work, Ua, diagnostic imaging
Difference between morbidity and mortality
morbidity is the measure or sicknes or disease within a population or area. Mortality is the measure of deaths in an area or a population. Morbidity can lead to mortality.
Difference between prevelance and incidence
incidence: number of new diseases occuring at a certain time period. Prevalance is the proportion of the population with a particular disease over a certain period of time.
Prevalence includes all cases while incidence is limited to only new case.
Think of the bathtub image
curettage
The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, such as the uterus, by scraping with a curette
diaphoresis
Profuse sweating
etiology
cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition
hypoxia
Lacking oxygen in the body
idiopathic
Of unknown origin
incidence
The rate of new (or newly diagnosed) cases of a disease or injury
lithotripsy
Destruction of kidney stones using shock waves
Mohs surgery
A method of excising skin cancers and microscopically examining each layer until the entire tumor is removed
NSAID
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication
Ibpuprofen (Advil), Naproxen (Aleve)
