NURS113 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coronary Artery Disease, Hematology, White Columns
25 Aug 2016
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Etiology: study of causes or reasons for the disease. Pathogenesis: evolution of disease from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifestation of the disease. Both and clinical manifestations-> suggest certain treatments: describe the disease process under the topics of etiology, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and prognosis. Etiology: study of causes or reasons for the disease: congenital/acquired (birth/you got it) Neoplasia: cancer: idiopathic/iatrogenic (unknown cause, unintended/unwanted medical treatment, risk factors (don"t know what causes it so we use these instead) Pathogenesis: evolution of disease from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifestation of the disease: pathology (cancer/neoplastic, *pathophysiology (functional changes-> structural disease, ex. heart failure) *ex. pain (mild), dizziness/headache: signs= you know but your patient doesn"t know. Ex. blood pressure, internal tumor, fluid in pleural cavity: both signs and symptoms. Diagnosis: designation as to nature of cause of a health problem: body secretions, radiology, diagnostic process requires: history taking, physical examination-> confirms-> diagnostic tests.
