What’s the Diagnosis, Doc?
This term describes an abnormal condition with negative effects.
What is a disease? (Slide 3)
A heart rate greater than 90 bpm, respiratory rate greater than 20, and a temperature greater than 38c or less than 36c, is a sign of this systemic condition.
What is SIRS? (Slide 12)
This virus hijacks your cells, is spread by nasal secretions, and can be prevented by vaccines.
What is influenza (flu)? (Slide 17)
These are the four main components of blood.
What are plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets? (Slide 5)
These four parts make up the urinary system
What are the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra? (Slide 30)
This type of disease is caused by a lack of essential nutrients, like scurvy.
What is a deficiency disease? (Slide 6)
Sepsis requires at least how many SIRS criteria plus suspected infection?
What is 2? (Slide 14)
HIV is transmitted by sexual contact, blood, childbirth, or breastfeeding—but not by these fluids.
What are saliva and tears? (Slide 18)
Known as the “RBC graveyard,” this organ stores white blood cells and removes old red blood cells.
What is the spleen? (Slide 7)
This type of cancer starts in the bone marrow and leads to abnormal white blood cells.
What is leukemia? (Slide 26)
Diseases can be deficiency, hereditary, physiological, or this type.
What is infectious? (Slide 6)
The infection progression order is: SIRS → Sepsis → ______ → MODS → Death.
What is Septic Shock? (Slide 14)
Hepatitis B can live outside the body for 7 days, while this type can live for 21 days.
What is Hepatitis C? (Slide 21)
The universal donor blood type is ____ and the universal recipient is ____.
What is O– and AB+? (Slide 8)
Painful urination, frequent urges, and cloudy urine with a foul odor are all signs of this common infection.
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)? (Slide 35)
A consistent, predictable, regional presence of a disease is called this.
What is endemic? (Slide 7)
Shock is another name for this type of perfusion problem.
What is hypoperfusion? (Slide 13)
Bacterial meningitis can be fatal within this time frame.
What is days? (Slide 26)
This genetic blood disorder creates misshapen red cells, causes painful crises, and lowers life expectancy.
What is sickle cell disease? (Slide 10)
These painful stones form when insoluble salts or uric acid crystallize in urine.
What are kidney stones (renal calculi)? (Slide 36)
A sudden, significant global increase in a disease is known as this
What is a pandemic? (Slide 7)
What is MODS an acronym for?
What is multiple organ dysfunction syndrome?
This infection often occurs after antibiotics, causes diarrhea, and is recurrent in elderly patients.
What is C. diff (Clostridium difficile)? (Slide 32)
A clot in a coronary artery leads to this medical emergency.
What is a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction)? (Slide 21)
This condition is the final stage of chronic kidney disease where the kidneys can no longer filter waste.
What is end-stage renal disease (ESRD)? (Slide 43)