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| Temporary loss of breathing |
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| Absence of sense of smell |
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| COndition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen |
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| Collapsed or airless state of the lung, which may be acute or chronic and affect all or part of a lung |
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| Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
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| Repeated creathing pattern characterized by fluctuation in the depth of respiration, first deeply, then shallow, then not at all |
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| Ease with which lung tissue can be stretched |
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| Common childhood condition involving inflammation of the larynx, trachea, bronchial passages and, sometimes, lungs |
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| Nosebleed, nasal hemorrhage |
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| Enlargement of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes, commonly associated with pulmonary disease |
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| Deficiency of O2 in the blood |
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| Deficiency of O2 in the tissues |
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| Acute infectious disease characterized by a cough that has a "whoop" sound |
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| Inflammation of the pleural membrane characterized by a stabbing pain that is intensified by coughing or deep breathing |
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| Disease caused by inhaling dust particles, including coal dust, stone dust, iron dust, and asbestos particles |
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| Abnormal breath sound heard on auscultation |
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| High-pitches, harsh, adventitious breath sound caused by a spasm or swelling of the larynx or an obstruction in the upper airway |
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| Intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity based on a positive reaction where the area around the test site becomes red and swollen |
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| Test of sleep cycles using brain waves |
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| multiple tests used to evaluate the ability of the lungs to take in and expel air as well as perform gas exchange across the alveolocapillary membrane |
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| measurement of ventilatory ability by assessing lung capacity and flow, including the itme necessary for exhaling the total volume of inhaled air |
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| Visual examination of the mediastinal structures (heart, trachea, esophagus, bronchus, thymus, and lymph nodes) |
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| Microbial test used to identify disease-causing organisms of the lower respiratory tract, especially those that cause pneumonias |
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| Lung treatment using various techniques to deliver medication in mist form directly to the lungs or air passageways |
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| Irrigating or washing out of an organ, stomach, bladder, bowel or body cavity with a stream of water |
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| positioning a patient so that gravity aids in the drainage of secretions from the bronchi |
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| Surgical puncture and drainage of the pleural cavity |
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