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NUR210 Exam 1 Latest Updatewhat is pathology? - Answer study and diagnosis of disease
what is physiology? - Answer functioning of organisms
What is pathophysiology? - Answer study of abnormalities in human function
what is etiology? - Answer cause of disease
what is a risk factor? - Answer some factor that increases the risk
what is a causative agent? - Answer closely linked to the disease
what does congenital mean? - Answer inborn
what does degenerative mean? - Answer wear and tear
What is iatrogenic? - Answer caused from a medical treatment (nosocomial)
what is idiopathic? - Answer unknown cause
what is immunologic? - Answer immune problems (lupus)
what is inherited? - Answer genetic
what is metabolic etiology? - Answer like diabetes
what is neoplastic? - Answer Mass of tissue
Can be either benign or malignant tumors (Cancer)
what is psychogenic? - Answer psychological cause
what is pathogenesis? - Answer how a disease develops
what is an etiologic factor? - Answer alter the body's normal physiology which results in
the manifestations of disease
what are clinical manifestations? - Answer signs of a disease
what is the latent period? - Answer time b/w exposure and 1st clinically observable
symptoms
what is the incubation period? - Answer the period between infection and the
appearance of the first symptoms
What is the prodromal period? - Answer onset of disease; first signs and symptoms
, what is the silent period? - Answer symptoms are mild or absent
what is the subclinical stage? - Answer patient can function normally even though
disease is active
what is acute? - Answer severe manifestations lasting short time (hours to weeks)
what is chronic? - Answer long lasting (months to years)
what are exacerbations? - Answer sudden increase in symptoms
what is a cure? - Answer >5 years of remission
What is convalescence? - Answer stage of recovery
what is sequela? - Answer negative consequences of a disease
what medications should be including when taking a history? - Answer -OTC
-herbal
-prescriptions
what must be there for a medication to be OTC? - Answer -consumer can diagnose
condition
-low risk of SE
-low abuse potential
do herbal and dietary supplements get FDA approved? - Answer yes but not as rigorous
as meds
what must happen for effective gas exchange? - Answer process of ventilation,
perfusion, and diffusion occurring simultaneously
what is pharmacology? - Answer study of drugs and their action on living organisms
what is a drug? - Answer any chemical that affects the physiological processes of a
living organism
what is a medication? - Answer those drugs used in the prevention and treatment of
diseases
what are ideal drug characteristics? - Answer -safe
-effective
-selective
reversible action, predictable, easy to administer, free from interactions, inexpensive,
chemically stable, simply named
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