Pathophysiology Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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SLCC Pathophysiology
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SLCC Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology Exam 1 Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Pathophysiology - Answer️️ -Study of the bodies response to dysfunction
and or disease
disease - Answer️️ -An interruption, cessation, or disorder of a body
system or organ structure
Etiologic factors (causes of disease) PBCN ...
Etiology: risk factors - Answer✔️✔️-Congenital - present at birth (genetic
influences and or maternal drug use)
Acquired later in life (caused by experienced events such as exposure to an
infectious agent, bad nutrition, lack of oxygen, faulty immune response,
neoplasia (forming of a new growth)
Pathogenesis - Answer✔️✔️-The sequence of cellular and tissue events that
happen from point of initial contact until expression of disease
sensitivity and specificity - Answer✔️✔️-how well the test or observation
identifies people with or without a disease
Reliability - Answer✔️✔️-the extent to which a repeated observation is
repeated and gives the same results
Predictive value - Answer✔️✔️-The extent to which an observation is able to
predict the presence of a disease
Validity - Answer✔️✔️-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what
it is supposed to
Acute - Answer✔️✔️-Severe but self-limiting
Sub-acute - Answer✔️✔️-Between acute and chronic (not as prolonged)
Chronic - Answer✔️✔️-Continuous, long-term process
Disease Frequency factors - Answer✔️✔️-Disease case
Incidence
Prevalence
disease case - Answer✔️✔️-an existing case or the number of new episodes
of a particular illness
Incidence - Answer✔️✔️-# of new cases arising in a population in a set time
Prevalence - Answer✔️✔️-the measure of existing disease at a given point in
time
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