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| Adventitious breath sounds |
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| Abnormal breath sounds that occur when air passes through narrowed airways or airways filled with fluid or mucus, or when pleural linings are inflamed |
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| A complete absence of respirations |
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| Biot's (Cluster) respirations |
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| Shallow breaths interrupted by apnea |
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| Abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually less than 10 respirations per minute |
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| Cheyne-Stokes respirations |
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| Rhythmic waxing and waning of respirations from very deep breathing to very shallow breathing with periods of temporary apnea, often associated with cardiac failure, increased intracranial pressure, or brain damage |
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| A bluish tinge of skin color |
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| The mixing of molecules or ions of two or more substances as a result of random motion |
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| Difficult or labored breathing |
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| A chronic pulmonary condition in which the Alveoli are dilated and distended |
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| The proportion of red blood cells to the total blood volume |
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| The red pigment in red blood cells that carries oxygen |
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| The accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity |
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| Hey device that adds water vapor to inspired air |
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| A condition in which carbon dioxide accumulates in the blood |
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| Accumulation of carbon dioxide in the blood |
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| Giving back client breaths that are greater than the client normal tidal volume set on the ventilator through the ventilator circuit or via a manual resuscitation bag |
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| Increasing the oxygen flow before suctioning and between suction attempts to avoid suction-related hypoxemia |
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| Very deep, rapid respirations |
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| Low partial pressure of oxygen or low saturation of oxyhemoglobin in the arterial blood |
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| Insufficient oxygen anywhere in the body |
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| A device that measures the flow of air inhaled through a mouthpiece |
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| Pressure in the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs |
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| Pressure within the lungs |
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| Hyperventilation that accompanies metabolic acidosis in which the body attempts to compensate ( get off excess body acids) by blowing off carbon dioxide through deep and rapid breathing |
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| Expansability of the lung |
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| The tendency of lungs to collapse away from the chest wall |
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| Mucus clearance device (MCD) |
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| Ability to breathe only with an upright position (sitting or standing) |
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| The compound of oxygen and hemoglobin |
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| The pressure exerted by each individual gas in a mixture according to a percentage concentration in the mixture |
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| Accumulation of air in the pleural space |
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| Positioning of a client to allow the drainage, by gravity, of secretions from the lungs |
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| Where gas exchange occurs between the air of the alveolar side and the blood on the capillary side; the alveolar and capillary walls form the respiratory membrane |
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| The mucus secretion from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea |
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| A harsh, crowing sound made on inhalation caused by constriction of the upper airway |
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| The aspiration of secretions through a catheter connected to a suction machine or wall suction outlet |
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| A surface – active agent (EG, A soap or a synthetic detergent), in pulmonary physiology, a mixture of phospholipids secreted by alveolar cells into the alveoli and respiratory air passages that reduces the surface tension of pulmonary fluids and thus contributes to the elastic properties of Pulmonary tissue |
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| Abnormally fast respirations; usually more than 24 respirations per minute |
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| The volume of air that is normally inhaled and exhaled |
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| A series of vigorous quivering's produced by hands that are placed flat against the chest wall to loosen thick secretions |
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