Virginia Apgar designed a test called the Apgar test, which consists of measuring certain parameters in newborns that are indicative of the presence of diseases and disorders in babies.
When a person has an illness, there are signs, parameters, that we can use to determine what illness he or she is suffering from and, after certain tests, to make a diagnosis. Some of these signs can only be seen by the sick person, they cannot be measured or seen by the doctor making the diagnosis. They are subjective. Such factors are called symptoms. However, there are other signs that can be measured and/or appreciated by the person diagnosing the disease objectively. These are called signs.
Four diseases are listed in the table below. Sort the signs listed below into the appropriate columns according to whether they are symptoms or signs (some may be common to more than one disease). Finally, add the result of the corresponding diagnostic test to the last column.
INDICATIONS: sore throat, chest pain, muscle pain, cough, high fever, shortness of breath, mucus, malaise, headache, loss of smell, tiredness, PCR positive, PCR negative.
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Flu
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Common cold
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COVID
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Pneumonia
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