Important General Terms Flashcards
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Pain vs tenderness
A
Patients feeling vs Dr assessment
1
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Subjective vs. objective
A
Feeling vs fact
2
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Benign
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Normal, nothing of concern
3
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Distress
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Dr judgement of discomfort
4
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Febrile
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Fever, indicator of infection
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Acute
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New onset, likely concerning
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Chronic
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Opposite of acute, long standing, not of direct concern, gets worse with time
7
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Baseline
A
An individual’s normal state of being
8
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Auscultation
A
Listen with a stethoscope
9
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Palpation
A
Act of pressing on area with hands
10
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Inpatient
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Admitted to hospital over night
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Outpatient
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Seen and sent home the same day
