Vocabulary
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- Incubation period: Time from infection to showing symptoms
- Supplemental: Something given in addition to, or above normal requirements, i.e., supplemental oxygen (extra oxygen)
- Panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
- Coded: a medical term for intensive treatment, often requiring CPR, to keep a patient alive. The term can also be used to refer to this process when it is unsuccessful.
- Demographics: Characteristics of a patient e.g., age, wt., ht., sex, comorbidities
- Onset: the beginning of a condition or disease. (i.e., the onset of symptoms)
- Obese: an overweight person with a BMI > 30
- Critical care: Care for those with immediately life-threatening conditions. The term is similar to intensive care, but be careful about using them interchangeably.