pathology
any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the concept of a pathological state and how it relates to disease, disorder and normal variation, distinguish the state sense from pathology as a discipline, relay how states such as acidosis are defined in clinical sources, and route personal health questions to clinicians.
In the sense recorded here, any deviation from a healthy or normal condition of the body or mind, a pathological state, as distinct from pathology as the scientific discipline; the registry entry gathers aliases for acid-base disturbances such as metabolic, respiratory and diabetic acidosis, which are examples of pathological states rather than the category itself.
What it is for: Not applicable; a concept of abnormal condition.
It can be explain the concept and related terms; distinguish state from discipline; relay clinical definitions of example states; route personal questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Departure from normal
Defined against reference ranges and criteria
Structural or functional
Basis of diagnosis
What it looks like
Not a visible object; recognised by signs, symptoms and test results.
How it is recognised
Deviation from healthy or normal condition
Disease, disorder, injury and disturbance as kinds
Pathology as a discipline studies such states; normal variation is not pathological
Related models
is a kind of - an abnormal one
is confused with - the discipline
includes - as an example state
is contrasted with - the normal condition
In practice
Families and kinds
diseases and disorders
injuries
physiological disturbances such as acidosis, including metabolic, respiratory, diabetic and ketoacidosis
states of mental ill-health
subclinical and borderline states
Identifiers
MeSH D010335 pathological conditions, signs and symptoms
Standards and regulation
Clinical definitions and reference ranges
Disease classification systems such as ICD
Failure modes and hazards
Treating normal variation as pathology
Sense confusion with the discipline
Agents giving personal medical advice
Analytical facets
- substance
- abstract
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What a pathological state is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and related terms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a pathological state, and how does it relate to disease, disorder and normal variation? definition
- Is the question about a pathological state or about pathology as a discipline? boundary
Criteria
How abnormality is defined.
Criteria
Criteria.
- How do reference ranges and diagnostic criteria define abnormal states, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Examples Example states.
Clinical.
Acidosis
Acid-base disturbances.
Acidosis
Acidosis.
- What are metabolic, respiratory and diabetic acidosis, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own condition, which needs a clinician? boundary
Other
Other states.
Other
Other.
- What other categories of pathological state exist, and how are they classified? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific state? action
Practice Diagnosis.
Clinical.
Recognition
Recognising states.
Recognition
Recognition.
- How do clinicians recognise and confirm pathological states? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classification
Classification.
Classification
Classification.
- How do ICD and other systems classify pathological states? provenance
- Which entry fits ICD? action
Context Philosophy and history.
Context.
Philosophy
Philosophy of medicine.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How do philosophers of medicine define disease and pathology, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits philosophy of medicine? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How have concepts of pathological states changed historically? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should acidosis be a separate primary entry?
- How should clinical definitions be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific acid-base disturbances; should they be split off?