NR 283 Pathophysiology Quiz 1
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- A short-term illness that develops very quickly with perhaps a high fever or severe pain is 1 / 2
called:
- latent.
- chronic.
- manifestation.
- acute. Correct
- A situation when there is a higher than expected number of cases of an infectious disease
within a given area is called a/an:
- epidemic.Correct
- exacerbation.
- morbidity.
- pandemic.
- A deficit of oxygen in the cells usually due to respiratory or circulatory problems is
called:
- apoptosis.
- ischemia.Correct
- hypertrophy.
- necrosis.
- Which of the following is the best definition of epidemiology?
- The science of tracking the occurrence and distribution of diseasesCorrect
- The relative number of deaths resulting from a particular disease
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