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MedCon 9
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 9 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Analgesics | medications that are given to relieve pain |
| Antipyretics | a class of medications given to reduce an elevated temperature |
| Apnea | the condition of not breathing; a term used to describe the absence of respiration for a period of time |
| Arterial blood gases | the laboratory test that measures the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide in blood |
| Bronchiectasis | a chronic or long term dilatation of a bronchus or bronchi along with an infection |
| Bronchoscopy | a diagnostic or surgical procedures in which a scope is passed through the mouth into the bronchus |
| Clubbing | a condition affecting the distal portion of the finger; characterized by soft tissue enlargement and an abnormal curvature of the nail |
| Cyanosis | a bluish condition of the skin due to lack of oxygen in the blood |
| Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| Hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| Hypoxemia | not enough oxygen in the circulating blood |
| Hypoxia | not enough oxygen in tissues |
| Orthopnea | the condition in which an individual has difficulty breathing in a lying position or is able to breathe with less difficulty when standing or sitting straight up |
| Productive cough | coughing up sputum or excessive mucus |
| Rales | an abnormal discontinuous breath sound caused by narrowed bronchi and heard primarily on inspiration during auscultation of the chest |
| Rhinorrhea | a runny nose |
| Rhonchi | abnormal wheezing breath sounds caused by partial airway blockage and heard during inspiration, expiration or both during auscultation of the chest |
| Sputum | fluid or secretions coughed up from the lungs |
| Tachypnea | a severely increased respiratory rate |
| Thoracentesis | a procedure in which a puncture is made into the chest cavity to withdraw air (or fluid); a chest tube also may be inserted to help the lung reexpand |
| Wheezing | a whistling, musical, or raspy sound during breathing usually indicative of partially blocked airway passages |
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