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The BODE index, for Body-mass index, airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise, is a multidimensional scoring system and capacity index used to test patients who have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to predict long-term outcomes for them. The index uses the four factors to predict risk of death from the ...
This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...
CAT successively selects questions for the purpose of maximizing the precision of the exam based on what is known about the examinee from previous questions. [2] From the examinee's perspective, the difficulty of the exam seems to tailor itself to their level of ability.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...
Pulmonary function tests (PFT) are not a formal part of staging but can be useful in treatment decisions. Patients with lung cancer resulting from air pollution (occupational or cigarette smoking-related) are more likely to have other lung disorders such as COPD, which limit their respiratory reserve. Patients with limited respiratory reserve ...
Place the bony parts of the palm around the borders of the patient's scapulae while he or she says "ninety-nine" or "one one one" to test for fremitus. Repeat the sequence on the front of the chest. A decrease in fremitus may be observed if the patient has a soft voice, obstructed bronchus, COPD , pneumothorax , or other disease or injuries ...
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: CO 2: carbon dioxide: COVID: coronavirus disease: COX-1: cyclooxygenase 1: COX-2: cyclooxygenase 2: COX-3: cyclooxygenase 3: CP: cerebral palsy chest pain constrictive pericarditis: CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure: CPC: clinical–pathological conference CPCR: cardiopulmonary-cerebral ...
However, the PSI is more complicated and requires arterial blood gas sampling amongst other tests; given this, the CURB-65 score is more easily used in primary care settings. [7] A variant of the CURB-65 that omits the urea measurement (CRB-65) [ 7 ] is even simpler, as it relies only on history and examination findings rather than blood tests.