NURS113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chondroma, Headache, G1 Phase
5 Dec 2017
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Pathophysiology concept of health and disease unit 1: introduction to. Characteristics of disease: etiology: cause of disease. Idiopathic: disease that we don"t know the reason. Cushing disease **risk factors: factors that may predispose an individual to disease: pathogenesis: evolution of a disease from initial stimulus to ultimate. Signs: noted by external observer, health professionals. Erythema, fever, syncope (fainting) diagnosis: < base on history taking, health assessment, body test> ***statistically normally: Validity (accuracy): measure what measure tools intent to measure. Predictive value: predict the presence of disease base on result sensitivity if negative definitely don"t have disease. If negative need to repeat again: clinical course: the evolution of a disease. Prodromal period (preclinical) the disease is not clinically evident, but is destined to progress to clinical disease. Acute relatively severe, self limiting (ultimately recover without treatment. / chronic continuous, long term, exacerbation, and remission: treatment: will not be covered. Framingham studies: framingham, america, 1950, coronary heart disease.
