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Diagnosis
Identification of a disease or condition by a scientific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, history, tests, and procedures
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Prognosis
The predicted outcome of a disease
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Acute
Having a short and relatively severe course
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Chronic
Exists over a long time
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Signs
Objective or definitive, evidence of an illness or disordered function that are perceived by an examiner such as a fever, a rash, or evidence established by radiologic or laboratory testing
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Symptoms
Subjective evidence as perceived by the patient such as pain
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Vital Signs
pulse rate, respiration rate, body temperature
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Pulse
The rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats
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Respiration
The number of breaths per minute
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Body Temperature
Measured through mouth, rectum, armpit, external opening of ear canal
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Blood Pressure
pressure exerted by the circulating volume of blood on the walls of the arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart
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Systolic Pressure
higher reading
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Diastolic Reading
Lower reading
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Palpation
Feeling texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts with the hands
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Percussion
tapping body to evaluate the size, borders, and consistency of internal organs and to determine the amount of fluid in a body cavity
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Auscultation
Listen for sounds within the body to evaluate the heart, blood vessels, lungs, intestines, or other organs, or to detect the fetal heart sound
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