AAMI Intro to Pathology Latest Update Graded A+

AAMI Intro to Pathology Latest Update Graded A+ Pathogenesis manner in which disease develops gross anatomy studies the structural changes brought about by disease as seen by the naked eye clinical pathology study of excretions, secretions & other body fluids for the purpose of diagnosing disease. The laboratory diagnosis of disease physiological pathology studies the changes in function brought about by disease rudolph Virchow the father of cellular pathology lesion any recognizable change in anatomy or structure of the tissues that can be caused by disease. the pathological change in an organ or tissue symptoms subjective complaints experienced by the directly measurable ex: pain, dizziness,itching. signs objective,measurable manifestations of disease: fever,blood pressure, abnormal pulse. febrile disease any disease characterized by fever idiopathic disease of unknown origin. ex; cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis (although there are theories) acute disease rapid onset& short duration. ex TB, pneumonia chronic disease slow onset & longer duration. ex ; arthritis iatrogenic disease results from a physicians treatment. any adverse condition resulting from treatment by physician or surgeon fulminating disease latin root meaning 'lightening flash'. refers to rapid, sudden and severe. often fatal organic disease has readily identifiable characteristic lesion associated with it such as swollen glands, ulcerations during syphilis, inflammation of mucus membranes during strep throat etc functional disease has no characteristic lesion. ex: migraine or various mental disturbances. no lesion exists, no anatomical or structural changes occur. nosocomial pertains to a hospital. often refers to hospital acquired infection. prevalence refers to number of new and old cases of a disease during a particular period. mortality rate number of deaths per unit of population. morbidity rate refers to number of cases of disease