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Nursing Week 4 Terms
Week 4 Terms-Spring
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adventitious Sounds | Crackles; discrete noncontinous sounds |
| Aerosol | Atomized particles of a substance suspended in the air |
| Alveoli | Air cells of the lungs |
| Asphyxia | Severe hypoxia leading to the loss of consciousness and if not corrected death |
| Anoxia | An abnormal condition characterized by the lack of oxygen |
| Asthma | A respiratory disorder characterized by recurring episodes of paroxysmal dyspnea, wheezing on expiration, coughing and bronchial secretions |
| Atelectasis | A collapsed or airless aveoli, a lobule or larger unit of lung tissue. May be caused by obstruction or compression |
| Bronchodilator | Any drug that has the property of increasing caliber of the pulmonary air passages or an instrument used for this purpose |
| Bronchoscopy | Examination of the bronchi through a bronchoscope |
| Bronchospasm | An abnormal contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchi resulting in acute narrowing or obstruction of the respiratory airways |
| Cannula | A tube or sheath enclosing a trocar, the tube allows the escape of fluid after withdrawal of the trocar |
| Carbon Dioxide Narcosis | CNS insensitivity to carbon dioxide as a respiratory stimulant resulting from chronically elevated blood carbon dioxide level |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| Coryza (common cold or rhinitis) | Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose usually accompanied by swelling of mucosa and nasal discharge |
| Crackles | Soft high pitched discontinuous popping sounds that occur during inspiration |
| Croup | Disease characterized by suffocative and difficulty breathing, laryngeal spasm and sometimes by the formation of a membrane |
| Dyspnea | A shortness of breath or a difficulty in breathing |
| Embolus | A foreign object, air, gas, tissue, tumor or piece of thrombus that circulates in the bloodstream until it becomes lodged in the vessel |
| Hemoptysis | Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract |
| Hypercapnia | Greater than normal amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| Hyperventilation | An increase of both depth and rate of respiration |
| Hypoventilation | A decrease of both depth and rate of respiration |
| Hypoxemia | Insufficient oxygenation of the blood |
| Hypoxia | Inadequate cellular oxygenation which interferes with the cell ability to transform energy |
| Incentive Spirometer | Method by which the patient perform sustained maximal inspiration and at the same time sees the results of his effort as registered in the machine |
| I.P.P.B | Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing through the use of a machine which aids ventilation |
| Isolette | Trade name for self-contained incubation permitting isolation and manipulation of an infant usually premature |
| Orthopnea | Respiratory condition in which there is discomfort in breathing in any but erect sitting or standing |
| Perfusion | Passage of blood or other fluid through a vascular bed |
| Pleural Effusion | A collection of fluids in the pleural space, usually secondary to other diseases such as congestive heart failure, pneumonia and tuberculosis |
| Pleurisy | An inflammation of the parietal pleura of the lungs |
| Postural Drainage | Drainage of secretions from the bronchi or a cavity in the lung by having the patient positioned so that the gravity will allow drainage of the particular lobe or lobes of the lung involved |
| Sibliant Wheezes | Characterized by a high-pitched musical quality, whistles-like sounds |
| Sonorous Wheezes (rhonchi) | Deep, low-pitched rumbling sounds that are heard primarily during expiration by air moving through narrowed tracheobronchial passages |
| Spirometry | Measurements of air capacity of the lungs |
| Status Asthmaticus | Persistent and intractable asthma |
| Stridor | Harsh, high-pitched sound during inspiration due to obstruction of air passages |
| Tidal Volume | The amount of air moved by a single breath at any level of activity |
| Tomography | A x-ray technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross section of tissue structure at a predetermined depth |
| Tuberculosis | A chronic, granulomatous infection caused by acid-fast bacillus |
| Vesicular Sounds | Sounds heard normally over most of lung field |
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