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| Breathing that requires a marked effort; difficulty breathing |
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| Below normal amount of oxygen in the blood |
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| Noninvasive means for approximmating oxygenation that used infrared light and a sensor attached to the client's finger or earlob to determin the percentage of hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
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| Inspiration and expiration that provides ventilation for an individual. |
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| grayish, bluish or purplish skin tone |
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| The release of several short blasts of air instead of one deep cough; prevents excessive stretching if the incisional area and minimizes the airway collapse that may accompany deel coughing. |
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| Drugs that dilates the bronchioles of the lungs |
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| Strikes through a body part with an object, fingers, or reflex hammer, ultimately producing a measurable sound. |
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| A component of oxygen therapy equipment, the most common mid-range oxygen delivery device. Do not use with COPD patients because of potential for excessive oxygenation. |
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| Heart's capability of generating its own electrical impulse, which is then conducted through specialized conduction fibers |
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| Intermittent Claudication |
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| Limp pain caused by poor blood flow. |
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| passing of blood through an area, the flow of blood through the body. |
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| a solid mass of clot that can develop in arteries or veins and steadily increase in size until it occupies the entire lumen of the vein. The thrombus halts blood flow because the mass or blood clot becomes a barrier to blood. Ischemia, Infarction, and tissue necrosis can occur. |
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| Ted Hose/Antiembolism Stockings |
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| : made of strong elastic material, offsets venous engorgement, vary in degrees of compression. They exert external pressure, decreasing venous blood from pooling in the extremities |
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| collapse of the aveoli. A condition that causes the lung to stiffen or may restrict expansion of the chest, so the lungs and their aveoli collapse from the blood, indicated by decreased PaCO2 |
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| : breathing in excess of metabolic demands, resulting in removal of too much carbon dioxide |
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| decreased amount of oxygen available for the tissues |
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| Permanent of temporary opening into the trachea through the neck |
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| Method used to help ease exhalation, prevent air trapping, and cause a back pressure for pt's with obstructive lung diseases |
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| Method of encouraging volunteer deep breathing by providing visual feedback about inspiratory volume. Patient inhales until preset volume is reached, then sustains inspired volume by holding breath for 3-5 seconds. Decreases risk of atelectasis and pulmonary consolidation. |
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| Most effective with COPD clients; AKA "huff" coughing; slows the airflow; client huffs 3-4 times while exhaling |
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| A device to convert liquid drugs into a fine mist to use as an inhaled route |
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| A slender tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or duct; most commonly used oxygen device |
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| A plastic or rubber device that can be inserted into the upper or lower respiratory tract to facilitate ventilation or the removal if secretions. |
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| Insufficient blood supply to a body part due to obstruction of circulation |
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| Severe circulatory insufficiency |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack |
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| (TIA) Temporary cerebral ischemia due to transient interruption in blood supply |
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| Narrowing of the bronchioles caused by tightening of the smooth muscles in the airways |
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| Breathing insufficient to meet metabolic demands and adequately remove carbon dioxide from the blood; indicated by elevated PaCO2 |
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| Amount of oxygen in the blood |
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| the maximum flow at the outset of forced expiration, which is reduced in proportion to the severity of airway obstruction, as in asthma |
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| An attitude or posture of the body |
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| A cough to help mobilize secretions and to open collapsed alveoli; client inhales as deeply as possible, holds breath while glottis closes, then releases with a sudden opening of the glottis |
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| Used for clients with neuromuscular disease or quads; client inhales deeply or with assistance from a resuscitation bag, holds the breath as nurse presses below rib cage in a quick "in and up motion" to help dislodge mucus from the airways |
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| Uses gravity to assist in the movement of secretions |
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| provides precise and consistent oxygen concentration |
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| Pain and discomfort about the heart, characteristic of myocardial ischemia; severe pain felt in the anterior chest, shoulder, left arm, neck, and jaw |
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| Abnormality in heart rhythm |
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| Heart attack; hypoxicity of heart muscle and death of portions of the heart muscle from decreased blood flow though the coronary arteries |
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| Cerebrovascular accident (CVA); involves a suddent onset of hemorrhage, blood clots, or other vascular lesions, causing damage to the brain |
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| Pneumatic Compression Devices |
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| A medical device consisting of sequential air chambers that produce a graded pressure on a limb via a proximally moving pressure wave. It is used to promote peripheral circulation, and to treat various medical conditions, such as lymphedema, leg ulcers, and lymphostatic disorders. |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
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| Upper Respiratory Infection |
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| Peripheral Vascular Disease |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack |
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| Turn Cough Deep Breathing |
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| Material Safety Data Sheet |
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| Peripheral Arterial Disease |
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| Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation |
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| Sequential Compression Devices |
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| Aortic Valve/ Atrial Ventricular |
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| Very Low Density Lipoprotein |
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