Health science
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| What is the source of the disease? What is the treatment of the disease? | Source: evil spirits and demons.
Treatment: boring a hole in the skull were used to treat insanity, herbs and plants were used as medicine.
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| Why were animals used for research in primitive times? | Most religions did not allow dissection, or cutting apart the body.
So animals were dissected to learn about the different body parts.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Egyptians during ancient times? | Egyptians: recorded health records.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Chinese during the ancient times? | Chinese: belief in the need to cure the spirit and norish the entire body.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Greeks during ancient times? | Greeks: stress that a good diet and cleanliness would prevent disease.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Romans during ancient times? | Romans: sanitation systems, by building sewers to carry away waste and aqueduct to deliver clean water.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Michelangelo and deVinci during Renaissance? | Michelangelo and deVinci: used dissection in order to draw the human body more realistically.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Vesalius during Renaissance? | Vesalius: made the first anatomy book.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Jenner during 16-18th centuries? | Jenner developed a vaccination for smallpox in 1796.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Pare during 16-18th centuries? | Pare: Established use of ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding.
Eliminated use of boiling oil to cauterize wounds.
Improved treatment of fractures and promoted use of artificial limbs.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Von Leeuwenhoek during 16-18th centuries? | Von Leeuwenhoek: invented the microscope in 1666.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by The role of on apothecary during 16-18th centuries? | The role of the apothecary: made prescribed medication and sold medication.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Florence Nightingale during 19th century? | Florence Nightingale: Established efficient and sanitary nursing unit, opened nightingale school and home for nurses, began the professional education of nurses.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Lister and Pasteur during 19th century? | Lister: started using disinfection and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection.
Pasteur: proved the microorganisms cause disease, created a vaccine for rabies.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Fleming during 20th century? | Fleming: discovered penicillin.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Salk during 20th century? | Salk: developed the polio vaccine using dead polio virus.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Crick and Watson during 20th century? | Crick and Watson: described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Sabin during 20th century? | Sabin: developed an oral live virus polio vaccine.
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| What are the advances in medicine contributed by Burnard during 20th century? | Burnard: performed the first successful heart transplant.
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| What are the 3 main reasons for high medical costs? | 1) Technological advances.
2) The aging population.
3) Health related lawsuits.
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| How can DRG's reduce medical costs? | Diagnostic related groups: patients with certain diagnoses who are admitted to hospital are classified in one payment group. A limit is placed on the cost of care.
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| How can Combination of services reduce medical costs? | Combination of services: health care agencies join together or share specific services, care can be provided to a larger number of people at a decreased cost per person.
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| How can Bulk purchasing reduce medical costs? | Bulk purchasing: buying equipment and supplies in larger quantities at reduced prices.
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| How can Preventative care reduce medical costs? | Preventative services: provide care before acute or chronic disease occur.
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| What is the role of the Agency for health care policy? | Agency for health care policy: researches the quality of health care delivery and identifies the standards of treatment that should be provided.
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| What is Geriatric care? | Geriatric care: individuals are living longer due to the advances in health care.
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| What is the role of OBRA? | OBRA: is the development of many regulations regarding long term care and home health care.
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| What is telemedicine? | Telemedicine: involves computer systems to provide medical and health care services.
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| What is Holistic health care? | Holistic health care: is care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well being by treating the whole body, mind and spirit.
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| What is the difference between alternative and complementary therapies? | Alternative therapies: methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies.
Complementary therapies: methods of treatment that are used along with conventional medical therapies.
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| a- an- | without,
lack of,
absence of
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| anter(i) anter(o) | front,
forward
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| bronch(o) | bronchial tube,
bronchus
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| cardi(o) | heart
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| cephal(o) | head
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| cerebro | cerebrum,
brain
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| cervico | neck,
cervix
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| cranio | skull,
cranium
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| endo- | inside,
inner,
within
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| gustro | stomach
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| gluco | sugar,
glucose
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| glyco | sugar,
sweet
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| hemo, hemato | blood
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| hepato | liver
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| histo | tissue
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| hyper- | excessive,
high,
above,
upward
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| hypo- | deficient,
low,
below,
down
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| -iasis | condition of disease
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| inter- | between,
among
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| intra- | within,
inside
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| megalo- | large,
enlarged
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| my(o) | muscle
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| -oma | tumor,
abnormal growth
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| oste(o) | bone
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| poly- | much,
many
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| ren(o) | kidney
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| thorac(o) | chest thorax
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| abd | abdomen
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| abg | arterial blood gas
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| ac | before meals
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| ad | right ear
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| aids | acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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| am | morning,
before noon,
may be am
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| amb | ambulate,
walk
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| amt | amount
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| ap | apical pulse
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| as | left ear
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| as tol | as tolerated
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| au | both ears
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| av | average
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| ax | axilla,
axillary,
armpit
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| bid | twice a day
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| bl | blood
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| bl wk | blood work
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| bm | bowel movement
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| bp | blood pressure
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| br | bed rest
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| brp | bathroom privileges
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| bs | blood sugar
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| bsc | bedside commode
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| ca | cancer
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| cal | calorie
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| cap | capsul
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| cbc | complete blood count
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| cc | cubic centimeter
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| CC | chief complaint
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| ccu | critical care unit
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| cebbs | clear equal bilateral breath sounds
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| chf | congestive heart failure
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| cicu | cardiac intensive care unit
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| ck | check
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| cl liq | clear liquid
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| cm | centimeter
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| c/o | complains of
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| CO2 | carbon dioxiode
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| cp | chief complaint
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| cpr | cardio pulmonary resuscitation
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| ct | computerized
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| cva | cerebral vascular accident (stroke)
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| d | day
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| dat | diet as tolerated
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| d/c | discontinue
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| diff | different white blood cell count
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| dil | dilute,
dissolve
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| dm | diabetes mellitus
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| dnr | do not resuscitate
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| doa | dead on arrival
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| dob | date of birth
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| dod | date of death
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| dr | dream,
drainage
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