FVH Kleintiere flashcards
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- Problem list
- An organized set of patient findings requiring explanation, used to prioritize differential diagnoses and appropriate investigations.
- Azotemia
- An increase in relevant nitrogenous waste measurements interpreted with hydration, urine findings and evidence of renal or other causes.
- Hypovolemia
- A reduction of effective circulating volume, distinguished from broader dehydration and assessed using the actual clinical context.
- Resistance to displacement
- Mechanical behavior of a repaired or supported structure under the relevant load, distinct from biological healing and tissue perfusion.
- Diagnostic justification
- The reason that an investigation is expected to answer a meaningful clinical question and influence appropriate patient care.
- Source control
- Management directed at the actual infected or contaminating focus, rather than assuming a medicine alone resolves every structural problem.
- Morphological diagnosis
- A structured description of a lesion by features such as organ, distribution, severity, duration and type of pathological process.
- Autolysis
- Postmortem tissue degradation that can obscure diagnostic architecture or complicate distinction between actual disease and later change.
- Immunohistochemistry
- A tissue technique identifying selected antigens using antibodies, interpreted with controls, morphology and the actual test limitations.
- Pharmacokinetics
- The processes determining drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination in the relevant species and individual patient.
- Ventilation
- Movement of air into and out of the respiratory system, not the same function as oxygenation measured by saturation.
- Stewardship
- A responsible system of prevention, diagnostic reasoning, justified antimicrobial selection and review that aims to preserve effective treatment.
- Histological grade
- A microscopic assessment within a defined tumor-specific system, distinct from anatomical stage and not a guarantee of individual outcome.
- Neoplastic osteoid
- Bone matrix produced directly by neoplastic cells, which can support an osteosarcoma diagnosis in an appropriate pathological context.
- Sampled surgical margin
- A resection surface examined in submitted tissue sections, whose findings depend on orientation, preparation and the sampling performed.
- Primary lesion
- A skin change produced directly by a pathological process, distinguished from later alteration caused by scratching, infection or treatment.
- Elimination investigation
- A controlled dietary assessment of a possible food-related response, requiring suitable adherence, monitoring and an appropriate confirmatory challenge.
- Perpetuating factor
- A condition that helps sustain skin or ear disease even when an original trigger has changed or is no longer present.
- Atrioventricular dissociation
- A pattern in which atrial and ventricular activation lack their expected relationship, requiring interpretation of the actual ECG and patient.
- Neurolocalization
- Identification of the likely anatomical nervous-system region responsible for the combined examination findings before assigning one underlying cause.
- Postural reaction
- An assessed response contributing to interpretation of sensory and motor pathways, considered with strength, coordination and other examination components.
- Blepharospasm
- Involuntary or sustained eyelid closure associated with ocular discomfort or other relevant conditions, requiring assessment rather than one assumed diagnosis.
- Aqueous flare
- Visible scattering from altered aqueous contents in the appropriate examination, supporting interpretation of anterior-segment inflammation in clinical context.
- Nuclear sclerosis
- An age-related change in central lens fibers that is distinct from cataract and does not alone establish the degree of visual impairment.