INTRO PHY FINDINGS Flashcards
Diffuse disease process is..
Infiltrating
Well-defined borders with septations.
Loculated mass
Dirty shadowing..
air or gas
Criteria for identifying abnormalities..
- Borders
- Echotexture
- Echogenicity
- Attenuation
- Cystic, complex, solid
- dimesnsions
-organ of origin
Key sonographic findings
- scan plane
- normal tissue echogenicity
- Abnormal tissue texture and/or masses
- measurements and their locations
- abnormal fluid collections
Subjective data are derived from the patient
Symptoms
Objective data are obtained through observation and are verifiable
Signs
result of diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures undertaken on a patient
Iatrogenic
causes an organ or tissue to deteriorate over time
Degenerative
body’s response to injury by sending cells and blood to the area, can be acute (sudden onset of pain, swelling, redness, heat) or chronic (fibrous change, ongoing pain)
Inflammatory
damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force
Traumatic
new abnormal growth of tissue, benign or malignant
Neoplastic
invasion of the host organism by microorganisms or their toxins or by parasites that cause pathological conditions or diseases
Infectious
blockage and subsequent inflammation of tubes, vessels, etc
Obstructive
diseases existing at birth or often before birth regardless of cause
Congenital
alterations of proteins that disrupt cellular functions, can be genetic or caused by another disease
Metabolic
disorders caused by abnormal or absent immunologic mechanisms
Immunologic
Associated with several clinically recognizable features or signs
Syndrome
“Time of onset and duration
Acute- rapid, short
Chronic- slowly, longer”
Acute versus Chronic
Origin- cause
Etiology
Unknown cause
Idiopathic
Inadvertent adverse effects or complications caused by medical treatment or advice
Iatrogenic
Infectious, contagious
Communicable
Mechanism by which the disease is caused- origin and development
Pathogenesis