[BCH4123] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (26 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biochemistry
• Course: BCH 4123
• Professor: Ronald Booth

Document Summary

Disease: any abnormal condition affecting either the whole body or any of its parts which impairs normal functioning: a mutation that alters drug metabolism, for example, but does not impair is not a disease. When drug is not taken, no impairment. Symptom is a manifestation of illness consciously experienced by or suspected by a patient: cough, dizziness, pain, etc. Signs are abnormality observed by a physician: edema, jaundice, abnormal heart sound, etc. Morbidity: the condition of being diseased: often used in context of describing the consequences or risks. Idiopathic is unknown: cryptic is there but hidden. Prevalence is number of cases in population being tested at a point of time: expressed as % or number of cases per 1,000 or 100,000. Incidence is number of cases occurring in a series of patients over time: generally over one year. Physical exam and functional inquiry: chief complaints, symptoms, medical history, family history, examination, including signs.