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Adult Health Nursing
ch 9 Respiratory MEL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Advantageous | Abnormal Sounds superimposed on breath sounds |
| Atelectasis | Collapse of lung tissues, preventing the respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen |
| Bronchoscopy | Visual examination of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi using a standard rigid, tubular metal bronchoscope or a narrower, flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope |
| Cor pumonale | Abnormal cardiac conditions characterized by hypertrophy of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of hypertension of the pulmonary circulation |
| Coryza | Acute inflammation of the mucosal membranes of the nose and accessory sinuses, usually accompanied by edema of the mucosa and nasal discharge |
| Crackles | Short, discrete, interrupted crackling or bubbling adventitious breath sounds heard on auscultation of the chest, most commonly upon inspiration |
| Cyanosis | Slightly bluish, dark purple discoloration of the skin resulting from the presence of abnormally reduced amounts of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood |
| Dyspnea | Shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing |
| Embolism | And abnormal certain circulatory condition in which an embolus travels through the bloodstream and becomes lodged in a blood vessel |
| Empyema | Accumulation of pus in the body cavity, especially the pleural space, result of infection |
| Epistaxis | Nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose |
| Exacerbation | An increase in the seriousness of the disease or disorder, Marked by greater intensity in the signs or symptoms of the patient being treated |
| Extrinsic | Caused by external factors |
| Hypercapnia | Greater than normal amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood |
| Hypoventilation | Abnormal condition of the respiratory system that occurs when the volume of air is not adequate for the metabolic needs of the body |
| Hypoxia | Inadequate, reduced tension of cellular oxygen |
| Intrinsic | Caused by internal factors |
| Orthopnea | Abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably |
| Pleural friction rubs | Low pitched, grating, or creaking lung sounds that occur inflamed pleural surfaces rub together during respiration |
| Pneumothorax | A collection of air or gas in the pleural space, causing the lung to collapse |
| Sibilant wheezes | Musical, high-pitched, squeaking, or whistle like sounds caused by the rapid movement of air through narrowed bronchioles |
| Sonorous wheezes | Low pitched, loud, course, snoring sound |
| Stertorous | Pertaining to a respiratory effort that is strenuous and struggling, which provokes a snoring sound |
| Tachypnea | abnormal rapid rate of breathing |
| Thoracentesis | Surgical perforation of the chest wall and pleural space with the needle for the aspiration of fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose |
| Virulent | Having the power to produce disease; of or pertaining to a very pathogenic or rapidly progressive condition |
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