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| The process of breathing air into and out of the lungs |
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| the process of ventilation is effected by |
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Intercostal muscles, diaphragm, ribs
Brain
Chemoreceptors |
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| Upper respiratory tract infection |
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| most common infecton of the respiratory tract |
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| s&s of nasopharyngitis of the upper respiratory tract |
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| Nasal discharge, irritability, sore throat, cough, and general discomfort |
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| complications of nasopharygitis of the upper resp tract |
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| bronchitis, pneumonitis, and ear infections |
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| _________ is not the same as a cold |
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| with allergic rhinitis child will not have |
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| fever, purulent nasal discharge, or reddened mucous membranes |
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| with allergic rhinitis child will have |
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| sneezing and itchy, watery eyes |
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| Inflammation of the structures of the throat |
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| Acute Pharyngitis is common in children ages |
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| most common cause of Acute Pharyngitis |
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| most common in children younger than 3 years |
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| symptoms of acute pharyngitis |
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| fever, malaise, dysphagia, and anorexia, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, cough, and hoarseness with gradual onset; lasts no longer than 5 days |
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| In child older than 2 years, streptococcal pharyngitis may include fever of |
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| Frontal sinuses are present around ____ of age but are not fully mature until around age _____ |
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| proximity of the sinus to the ____ often results in tooth pain when a _____ occurs |
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| tooth root, sinus infection |
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| most often involved in childhood sinusitis. |
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| Maxillary and ethmoid sinuses |
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| Suspect sinus infection when a URI lasts longer than |
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| Weakness in airway walls; floppy epiglottis that causes stridor on inspiration |
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| Congenital laryngeal stridor (laryngomalacia) |
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| symptoms of laryngomalacia lessen when infant is placed |
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| prone or propped in side lying position |
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| laryngomalacia usually clears _____ as child grows and muscle strengthens |
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| congenital laryngeal stridor |
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| Swelling of the tissues above the vocal cords |
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| epiglottitis is caused by |
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| epiglottitis is Most often seen in children |
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| rapid, progressive, and life threatening |
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| in bronchitis their is an unproductive _____ cough |
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| OTC agents such as ________ are usually not helpful |
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| antihistamines, cough expectorants, and antimicrobial agents |
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| Responsible for 50% of cases of bronchiolitis in infants and young children |
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| Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) |
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| direct contact with resp secretions |
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| rsv survives more than ___ hours on ____ |
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| 6. countertops, tissues, and bars of soap |
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| icubation for rsv is approx |
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| Inflammation of lungs in which the alveoli become filled with exudate and surfactant may be reduced |
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| pneumonia is classified according to |
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| Group B streptococci most common cause of pneumonia in |
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| Chlamydia most common cause of pneumonia in |
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| infants 3 weeks to 3 months of age |
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| smoke inhalation injury may cause |
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| carbon monoxide poisioning |
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| carbon monoxide poisoning prevents o2 from combinging with ____ so ____ cannont be formed |
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| smoke inhaltion injury has three stages |
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| pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary edema, bronchopopneumonia |
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| bronchopneumonia can lead to |
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| pulmonary insuffiency is in the first |
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| Severe exposure to carbon monoxied can inhibit secretion of ____ and cause ____ memebrane to form leading to ________ |
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| surfactant, hyaline membrane, acute resp diseas syndrome |
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| pulse oximetry does not detect |
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| tonsils and adenoids are made of _____ and are part of the body's defense against ___ |
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| Removal of tonsils and adenoids not recommended if younger than |
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| Tonsillectomy done only if persistent ______ occurs |
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| airway obstruction or difficulty breathing |
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| Inflammation of nasal mucosa caused by an allergic response |
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| Increased susceptibility of infants to respiratory obstruction and dyspnea may result from |
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| decreased smooth muscle in airway, increased mucus glands in bronchi, narrow lumen of the airway, lack of muscle elasticity in the air way, overworked daphragmatic muscle |
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| chronic asthma is manifested by |
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| discoloration beneath the eyes (allergic shiners), slight eyelid eczema, and mouth breathing. |
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| Continued severe respiratory distress that is not responsive to drugs, including epinephrine and aminophylline |
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| cystic fibrosis is a multisystem disease in which thick, viscid secretions affect |
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| resp system, digestive system, skin, reproductive system |
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| the main reasy o2 and ventilators are used in the newborn |
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| main cause of rds in the newborn is |
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| hasten lung development during preterm labor |
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| symptoms of chronic resp distress |
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Wheezing
Retractions
Cyanosis on exertion
Use of accessory respiratory muscles
Clubbing of the fingers
Failure to thrive
Irritability caused by hypoxia |
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