Patho & Ds Processes

Question 1

definition of risk factors

Answer 1

Characteristics that can make a person more likely to suffer a disease or injury.

Question 2

determinants of health

Answer 2

Factors that influence a person’s or population’s health.

Question 3

Factors that lead to high mortality and morbidity?

Answer 3

Biology, genetics, behavior, availablity of health resources, social standards, lawmaker involvement

Question 4

common diagnostic measures

Answer 4

blood work, Ua, diagnostic imaging

Question 5

Difference between morbidity and mortality

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Difference between prevelance and incidence

Answer 6

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

Question 7

curettage

Answer 7

The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, such as the uterus, by scraping with a curette

Question 8

diaphoresis

Answer 8

Profuse sweating

Question 9

etiology

Answer 9

cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition

Question 10

hypoxia

Answer 10

Lacking oxygen in the body

Question 11

idiopathic

Answer 11

Of unknown origin

Question 12

incidence

Answer 12

The rate of new (or newly diagnosed) cases of a disease or injury

Question 13

lithotripsy

Answer 13

Destruction of kidney stones using shock waves

Question 14

Mohs surgery

Answer 14

A method of excising skin cancers and microscopically examining each layer until the entire tumor is removed

Question 15

NSAID

Answer 15

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication

Ibpuprofen (Advil), Naproxen (Aleve)

Question 16

orthopnea

Answer 16

Difficulty breathing in any position other than standing or sitting

Question 17

pathophysiology

Answer 17

The study of physical manifestations of illnesses and disease

Question 18

peripheral edema

Answer 18

fluid causing swelling in tissues, usually in the lower extremities

Question 19

prevalence

Answer 19

The number of active cases of a disease or injury

Question 20

tachycardia

Answer 20

Heart rate greater than 100/min

Question 21

autoimmune

Answer 21

immune response of an organism against substances naturally present in the body