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This autoimmune disease is characterized by fever, joint pain, and a butterfly rash across the face.
What is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?
This is often associated with this set of symptoms: wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest pain.
Acute bronchitis
This substance is typically elevated in the blood following a myocardial infarction.
What is cardiac troponin?
This neurodegenerative disease progresses from chorea and involuntary movements to behavioral changes.
What is Huntington's disease?
Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke can lead to this type of cellular adaptation in the respiratory epithelium.
What is squamous metaplasia?
This type of hypersensitivity can be caused by a blood transfusion reaction and involves red blood cell destruction by antibodies.
What is Type II: Cytotoxic Hypersensitivity?
This common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in adults is a bacterial infection.
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?
This genetic disorder leads to the production of abnormally shaped red blood cells.
What is sickle cell anemia?
Histamine is primarily released by these cells during an inflammatory response.
What are mast cells?
This abnormal cell growth found in chronic ulcerative colitis may suggest a potential for malignancy.
What is dysplasia?
These cells release pyrogens, which are primarily responsible for inducing fever.
What are pyrogens?
This chronic lung condition is characterized by the loss of elastic recoil in lung tissue.
What is emphysema?
Important treatments for this genetic disorder include chest physiotherapy and bronchodilators.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Treatment of a wound covered by 100% eschar typically involves this to promote tissue repair.
What is debridement?
This bacterial strain is found in the acronyms MRSA and VRSA.
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
The most common cause of this blood disorder worldwide is iron deficiency.
What is iron deficiency anemia?
A characteristic feature of this respiratory disease is reversible airflow obstruction.
What is asthma?
This fatal genetic disorder causes relentless deterioration of mental and physical abilities from infancy.
What is Tay-Sachs disease?
This process involves the separation of wound layers due to compromised surgical incision closure.
What is wound dehiscence?
This term describes the subjective feelings a patient may report.
What is "symptom"
On auscultation, the absence of breath sounds in the right thorax suggests this condition.
What is a pneumothorax?
This test, often scheduled for clients with angina pectoris, evaluates coronary artery function during physical exertion.
What is an exercise stress test?
This diagnostic test confirms Down Syndrome by analyzing chromosomal patterns.
What is karyotyping?
This stage of wound healing is the first stage and involves clot formation and controlling bleeding.
What is hemostasis?
Increased muscle tone and spasms following a puncture wound suggest infection by this bacterium.
Clostridium tetani?