# Healthcare Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
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Advanced healthcare vocabulary for diagnosis and clinical standards, including comorbidity, epidemiology, a differential diagnosis and the titration and…

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## Word list

* **comorbidity**: The presence of one or more additional health conditions alongside a patient's main illness. — “Diabetes is a common **comorbidity** in heart patients.”
* **iatrogenic**: Describes an illness or injury caused by medical treatment itself. — “The infection was **iatrogenic**, caught during the surgery.”
* **epidemiology** /ˌɛpəˌdɛmiˈɑlədʒi/: The branch of medicine that studies how diseases spread and can be controlled in populations. — “She studied **epidemiology** to track the outbreak's spread.”
* **differential diagnosis**: A list of possible conditions that could explain a patient's symptoms, before the true cause is confirmed. — “The doctor's **differential diagnosis** included three possible conditions.”
* **formulary** /ˈfɔrmjəˌlɛri/: An approved list of medicines that doctors in a hospital or health system are allowed to prescribe. — “The new drug was not yet on the hospital's **formulary**.”
* **titrate**: To slowly adjust the dose of a medicine until the right effect is reached. — “The doctor will **titrate** the dosage over several weeks.”
* **morbidity** /mɔrˈbɪdəti/: Illness or the rate of disease in a population, as opposed to death. — “Smoking increases **morbidity** from lung disease.”
* **notifiable**: Describes a disease that doctors are legally required to report to health authorities. — “Measles is a **notifiable** disease in most countries.”
* **polypharmacy**: When a patient is taking many different medicines at the same time. — “**Polypharmacy** in elderly patients increases the risk of drug interactions.”
* **acuity** /əˈkjuəti/: A measure of how severe or urgent a patient's condition is. — “Nurses are assigned by patient **acuity**, with the sickest getting the most staff.”
* **clinical pathway**: A standard sequence of care for a particular condition. — “The **clinical pathway** was rewritten after the audit.”
* **capacity assessment**: A judgement of whether a patient can decide for themselves. — “A **capacity assessment** has to be recorded, not assumed.”
* **adverse reaction**: A harmful response to a drug or treatment. — “One **adverse reaction** in eleven thousand doses was reported.”
* **case-mix**: The range and complexity of the patients a service treats. — “Their **case-mix** explained most of the difference in outcomes.”
* **clinical governance**: The system for maintaining and improving quality of care. — “**Clinical governance** meetings became the only place anything was recorded.”
* **titration**: Adjusting a dose gradually to find the right amount. — “**Titration** took six weeks and two hospital visits.”
* **sensitivity** /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/: How well a test detects people who do have a condition. — “High **sensitivity** and low specificity produced a great many false alarms.”
* **specificity** /ˌspɛsəˈfɪsəti/: How well a test correctly rules out people who do not have a condition. — “Poor **specificity** sent forty healthy people for a biopsy.”
* **do not resuscitate**: An instruction that a patient should not be revived. — “The **do not resuscitate** note had not been transferred with the file.”
* **bed blocking**: Patients staying in hospital because no other care is available. — “**Bed blocking** cost more than the community places would have.”

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