Part 2-46-110 Flashcards

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Crepitus

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Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints

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COPD

Condition

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Refers to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
- narrowed airways

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CT

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Cat scan

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CVA tenderness

Condition

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An angle made by the vertebral column and the costal margin

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D&C

Condition

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Dilation and curettage

Enlarging of the cervix and scraping of the uterus

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Diaphoresis

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Sweating

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Delusions

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Fake beliefs

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Dehiscence

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Splitting open if a wound

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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Distention

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the state of being enlarged or swollen from internal pressure

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Diverticulitis

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When pouches form in the wall of the colon and they become inflamed

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Diverticulosis

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Pouches that bulge through the walls of the large intestines n NOT inflamed

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DKA

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Diabetic ketoacidosis

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DVT

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Deep vein thrombosis

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Dysarthria

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Difficulty in articulating words due to emotional stress or to paralysis, incoordination, or spasticity of the muscles used in speaking

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Dysmenorrhea

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Pain during menstrual cycle

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Dysconjugate gaze

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Failure of the eyes to turn together at the same direction

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DOE

Condition

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Dyspnea on exertion

  • sob elicited by physical activity
  • often a sign of ischemia or heart failure
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Dx

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Ecchymosis

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Ectopic pregnancy

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Pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus

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Effusion

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Escape of a fluid from its natural vessels into a body cavity

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EOM intact

Condition

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Extraocular muscle intact

6 muscles that control they’ve menus of the eye

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Epistaxis

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Erythema
Redness
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ETOH
Alcohol
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Excoriated
To tear or wear off the skin
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Expressive/receptive aphasia
Expressive: difficulty producing speech. Receptive: difficulty understanding speech
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Exudate
Any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation
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FB
Foreign body
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Febrile
Feverish
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Fx
Fracture
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G/P/Ab
Gravida/para/abortus | Gravida: total number of times a woman has been pregnant. Para: total number of births. Abortus: pregnancies lost
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Gait
How a person walks
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GERD Condition
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Condition in which food or liquid travels backwards from the stomach to the esophagus
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Gravid uterus
Uterus in pregnancy
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GSW
Gunshot wound
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Guarding
Tending of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them
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GU Condition
Genitourinary | Involved the reproductive organs and urinary system
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HEENT
Head ears eyes nose throat
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Hematoma
Collection of blood outside the blood vessels
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Hemotympanum
Presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle of the ear
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Hernia
Sac that forms by coming through a hole or weak area in the fascia, the strong layer of the abdominal wall that surrounds the muscle -inguinal, umbilical, ventral
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Herpes zoster
Painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella zoster virus Virus that causes chickenpox