NUR231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM#1 EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

Idiopathic infection ANSWER: Diseases that have no identifiable cause Iatrogenic infection ANSWER: Diseases that occur as a result of medical treatment Acute infection ANSWER: short term infection many times is more severe but with sudden onset and short duration Nosocomial infection ANSWER: infection obtained while in healthcare setting Communicable infection ANSWER: contagious Deeagles - Stuvia US Insidious disease ANSWER: disease with no symptoms until opportunity presents itself ex) AIDS Epidemiology ANSWER: Study of the disease in the population Mortality ANSWER: actual death; death rate Morbidity ANSWER: How many people come down with it? How does the disease affect the individual? Prevalence ANSWER: Number of cases in population during specified period. Incidence ANSWER: Number of new cases occurring in specified period. Hypertrophy Deeagles - Stuvia US ANSWER: overgrowth of a muscle cells ventricular hypertrophy Hyperplasia ANSWER: overgrowth of cells Metaplasia and who does this happen to? ANSWER: change from one cell type to another cell type Smokers will see this due to chronic irritation of the airway, this eventually leads to cancer Dysplasia ANSWER: Deformed cells, precursor to cancer Atrophy ANSWER: Loss of growth Benign vs Malignant ANSWER: Benign: slow growing encapsulated mass of differentiated cells. similar to normal cells with fairly normal mitosis. remains localized and life threatening if in brain