PATHO 370 | Week 1 Exam 2023 Questions and Answers

pathophysiology - Answer- the study of abnormalities in physiologic functioning of living beings 4 interrelated topics of pathophysiology - Answer- etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, treatment implications etiology - Answer- the study of the cause of disease idiopathic - Answer- unknown cause iatrogenic - Answer- medically induced; results from an infection caused by an unintended or unwanted medical treatment while in the hospital risk factor - Answer- a factor that when present; increases the likelihood of disease the link between an etiologic factor and the development of a disease is less than certain but the probability may be increased pathogensis - Answer- Development or evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifestations of the disease clinical manifestation; "signs of disease" - Answer- objective data may be gathered by clinical examination or by biochemical analysis, diagnostic imaging, & other laboratory tests symptoms - Answer- subjective feelings of an abnormality in the body; can only be reported by the affected individual to an observe syndrome - Answer- a set of signs & symptoms not yet determined to delineate a disease and occur together latent period (incubation period) - Answer- time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent & first appearance of signs &/or symptoms; also refers to a period during an illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent prodominal period - Answer- time during which first signs &/or symptoms to appear or for an onset of disease to occur subclinical stage - Answer- patient functions normally; disease processes are well established acute clinical course - Answer- relatively severe manifestations but runs a short course measured in hours, days, or a few weeks chronic clinical course - Answer- following an acute course, may lasts months to years - due to the boy's defenses becoming insufficient in overcoming the causative agent or stressor exacerbation - Answer- A relatively sudden increase in the severity of a disease or any of its signs and symptoms. remission - Answer- an abatement or decline in severity of the signs & symptoms of a disease convalescene - Answer- the stage of recovery after a disease, injury, or surgical operation sequela - Answer- subsequent pathologic condition resulting from an acute illness inflammation - scarring things to consider in searching for abnormalities - Answer- - skin color/warmth - quality of pupils - briskness of pupils (in reaction to light) - mental acuity - joint mobility - lung sounds - bowels sounds - balance - psychological affect - levels of consciousness - heart sounds statistical normality - Answer- estimate of disease in a normal population based on the bell shaped curve validity (accuracy) - Answer- the degree to which a measurement reflects the true value of what it intends to measure reliability (precision) - Answer- the ability of a measuring instrument/test to give consistent results on repeated trials predicted value - Answer- the extent to which the test can differentiate between the pressure & absence of a condition in an individual sensitivity - Answer- the probabilit