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| positive end-expiratory pressure |
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| What does PEEP stand for? |
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| common mechanical ventilator setting in which airway pressure is maintained above atmospheric pressure |
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| paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
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| substance used in a tuberculosis test |
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| respiratory distress syndrome |
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| in the new born infant, condition marked by dyspnea and cyanosis and related to absence of surfactant |
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| substance that permits normal expansion of lungs |
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| another name of hyaline membrane disease |
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| right lower lobe (of lung) |
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| right upper lobe (of lung) |
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| amount of air remaining in lungs at the end of maximal expiration |
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| volume of gas in the lungs at the end of maximal inspiration--equals VC + RV |
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| upper respiratory infection |
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| abbreviation for tidal volume |
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| amount of air inhaled and exhaled during a normal ventilation |
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| equals inspiratory reserve volume plus expiratory reserve volme plus tidal volume |
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| radioactive test of lung ventilation and blood perfusion through the lung capillaries |
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