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Ch 2 Assessment Term
The 'A' in SOAP
Term | Definition |
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impression | assessment |
diagnosis | what the health care professional thinks the pt has |
differential diagnosis | a list of conditions the pt may have based on the symptoms exhibited and the results of the exam |
benign | safe |
malignant | dangerous; a problem |
degeneration | to be getting worse |
etiology | the cause |
remission | to get better or improve; most used when discussing cancer; does not mean cure |
idiopathicd | no known specific cause; it just happens |
localized | stays in a certain part of the body |
systemic/generalized | all over the body |
morbidity | the risk for being sick |
mortality | the risk for dying |
prognosis | the chances for things getting better or worse |
occult | hidden |
pathogen | the organism that causes the problem |
lesion | diseased tissue |
recurrent | to have again |
sequelae | a problem resulting from a disease or injury |
pending | waiting for |