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    Medical Terminalogy

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    Yellow Terminology Exam Review Define the following prefixes or suffixes: -sphyxia pulse intra- within‚ in -phonia voice or sound brady- slow mono- one -ptysis spitting -crasis mixture‚ blending -gram record -stasis stopping‚ controlling -pnea breathing -meter instrument to measure -cyte cell -capnia CO2 -penia deficiency of extra- outside eu- good‚ normal -itis inflammation of dys- difficult/bad -fusion pour -stenosis narrowing -ptosis drooping‚ sagging

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    chance of pregnancy although she states that she is sexually active and using no birth control. GYNECOLOGY HISTORY: Patient is gravida 2‚ para 1‚ abortus 1. Her only child is a 15-year-old daughter who lives in Texas with her grandmother. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Positive for hepatitis b. PAST SURGICAL HISTORY: Pilonidal cyst‚ removed in the remote past. Had plastic surgery on her ears as a child. SOCIAL HISTORY: Married has one daughter. Patient works as a substitute teacher. Smokes one

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    - Time of the Day - Meal Intake - Exercise - Just Administered Diabetes Drugs - Emotional Stress • HbA1c level correlates well with risks of Diabetic complications. [Reference: American Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2010 Diabetes Care 2010;33‚ suppl.1: S4-5.] Why Use HbA1c Vs OGGT/FPG!? • • • • • The patient does not need to be fasting HbA1c is standardized and aligned to DCCT Better index of overall glycemic exposure and risk for long-term

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    PREVALENCE OF SILENT ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IN PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (GENERAL MEDICINE) INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic‚ systemic inflammatory disorder  of unknown etiology marked by a symmetric‚ peripheral polyarthritis and various

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    There are many legal and medical issues today that relate to patient safety in this paper I will be addressing Medical errors‚ how they can be improved by today’s technological advances‚ and problems that occur in making these improvements. A study done by Kaiser indicates that medication errors have doubled in the last 10 years and that serious injuries have gone from 35‚000 in 1998 to 90‚000 in 2005. Those errors occur by a breakdown in one of the many steps that go into the giving of those

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    medical terminology

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    08/12/13 1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Aneurysm (AN-ū-rizm) A thin‚ weakened section of the wall of an artery or a vein that bulges outward‚ forming a balloonlike sac. Common causes are atherosclerosis‚ syphilis‚ congenital blood vessel defects‚ and trauma. If untreated‚ the aneurysm enlarges and the blood vessel wall becomes so thin that it bursts. The result is massive hemorrhage with shock‚ severe pain‚ stroke‚ or death. Treatment may involve surgery in which the weakened area of the blood

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    Medical Assisting & the Ever Changing Medical Field Thomas Edison once said “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame‚ in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” The Medical field as a whole is rapidly growing and changing on a daily basis due to new laws and research being conducted. In my chosen profession‚ Medical Assistants are the key to the relationship between the doctors and the patients. The basic job skills

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    Medical malpractice refers to professional negligence by a health care professional or provider in which treatment provided was substandard‚ and caused harm‚ injury or death to a patient. This can be from a doctor‚ nurse or other professional. In the majority of cases‚ the medical malpractice or negligence involved a medical error‚ possibly in diagnosis‚ medication dosage‚ health management‚ treatment or aftercare. The error may have been because nothing was done or a negligent act. Compensation

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    Misdiagnosis Statistics related to Medical Malpractice Medical malpractice happens more frequently than reported‚ and many people may not even be aware that they are a victim of malpractice or medical negligence until it is too late. The most common medical error happens to be a diagnostic error either by misdiagnosis or a delayed diagnosis. When patients are rushed to the ER‚ doctors and staff are pressured to quickly diagnose and treat the problems and move onto the next patient. Unfortunately

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    Security of Medical Information Shelia Quinn Keiser University Eghosa Ugboma Management Information Systems MAN562 December 3‚ 2012 Abstract Much of the knowledge stolen in an organization takes the form of tacit knowledge that is used regularly but not necessarily in a conscious fashion. This paper covers what is in the medical records‚ what is not covered by HIPPA‚ what constitutes fraud and abuse‚ who has access‚ how to protect records‚ how patients get access to records

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