pathophysiology - Terms to know fully solved 2023

pathophysiology - Terms to know fully solved 2023etiology - correct answer the study of the cause of disease (i.e. infections, heredity, alterations in immunity, malignancy, malnutrition, degeneration, or trauma) idiopathic - correct answer cause of disease is unknown iatrogenic - correct answer diseases that occur as a result of medical treatment example of iatrogenic - correct answer antibiotic treatment that injures the kidney and results in renal failure is an example of: nosocomial - correct answer diseases acquired as a consequence of being in a hospital diagnosis - correct answer naming or identifying a disease through evaluation of signs, symptoms, laboratory tests or other tools. prognosis - correct answer expected outcome of a disease morbidity - correct answer disease rates within a group mortality - correct answer number of deaths from a particular disease exacerbation - correct answer period when symptoms become worse or more severe complication - correct answer the onset of a disease in a person who is already coping with another disease example of a complication - correct answer onset of CHF after a MI is sequelae - correct answer potential unwanted outcomes of having a disease (parylisis after stroke) convalescence - correct answer period of recovery clinical manifestations - correct answer signs & symptoms/evidence of disease redness & swelling - correct answer local clinical manifestations (found at site of problem) fever - correct answer systemic clinical manifestations (general indicators of illness) signs - correct answer objective indicators of disease; observed or measured by another person pulse rate, body temperature, blood pressure, WBC count, etc. - correct answer these are considered to be signs of disease