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Pharm-01
Pharmacology chp 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1906 what Act was established? | Pure Food and Drug Act |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established in what year? | 1938 |
| What does M.A.R. refer to? | Medication Administration Record |
| What is the definition of a disease? | Abnormal Symptoms (dis-ease) |
| What is the state of normalcy/ balance refer to? | Homeostasis |
| Disorder | Abnormality of function |
| Symptoms caused by a specific disease | Syndrome |
| Pathology | Study of diseases |
| Pathogens | Micro-organisms or agents that cause disease |
| Pathologic | Caused by disease process |
| Description of how particular disease progresses | Pathogenesis |
| Etiology | The cause of the disease |
| Idiopathic | Unknown Cause |
| Iatrogenic | problem related to treatment |
| Nosocomial | Acquired from hospital environment |
| What are the predisposing factors | Age, Sex, Environment, Lifestyle, Heredity |
| What are the skills used by a physician | -Auscultation- Listen -Palpation- Touching -Percussion- Tap |
| Diagnosis | the identification or naming of a disease. |
| Signs | they are observable and measurable unlike symptoms. |
| Hereditary disease that are present at birth even if they are not apparent. | Congenital Disease |
| What is Triage | Where Patients are assessed according to signs, symptoms and medical history. |
| What is the ABC prioritizing method | A for Airway; B for Breathing; C for Cardiac Function. |