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| adventitious breath sounds |
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| bot's (cluster) respirations |
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| shallow breaths interupted by apnea |
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| abnormally slow respiratory rate; usually less than 10 repirations 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 subtances 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 dialated or distended |
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| the proportion of erythrocytes 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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| a 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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| giving the client breaths that are greater than the client's 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 sunction 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 inside the lungs |
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| hyperventilation that accompanies metabolic acidosis in which the body attempts to compensate by blowing off carbon dioxide through deep and rapid breathing |
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| expansibility of the lung |
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| the tendency of lungs to collapse away from the chest wall |
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| ability to breathe only when in an upright position |
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| the compound of oxygen and hemoglobin |
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| the pressure exerted by each individual gas in a mixutre according to its 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 lungs |
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| where gas exchange occurs between the air on the alveolar side and the blood on the capillary side; the alveolar and capillary walls form the rspiratory membrane |
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| the mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi and trachea |
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| 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 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 sries of vigorous quiverings produced by hands that are placed flat against the chest wall to loosen thick secretions |
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| mucus clearance device (mcd) |
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| used for clients with excessive secretions |
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| delivery of air or oxygen under pressure without the need for an invasive tube |
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| excessive fluid in the pleural sac |
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females 12-16 g/dL
males 14-18 g/dL |
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females 37-50%
males 40-54% |
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