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Chapter 16 vocabulay
Chapter 16 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apnea | Absence of breathing; respiratory arrest |
| Bronchoconstriction | Constriction of the smooth muscles of the bronchi and bronchioles causing narrowing of the airway. |
| Brochodiator | A drug that relaxes the smooth muscles of the bronchioles |
| Dyspnea | Shortness of breath or perceived difficulty in brething |
| Hypercarbia | Increased carbon dioxide levels in the blood |
| Hypoxemia | A low oxygen content in arterial blood |
| Hypoxia | A reduced oxygen delivery to the tissue |
| Metered-dose-Inhaler | is a device that can give a patient medications by inhaling it |
| Pulsas Paradoxas | A decease in the strength in the patients |
| Respiratory Aresst | complete stoppage of breathing |
| Respiratory Distress | increased respiratory effort resulting from impaired respiratory function |
| Respiratory Failure | insuficient respiratory rate or tidal volume |
| Small-volume nebulizer | a device that uses compressed air or oxygen to nebulize a liquid medication |
| Spacer | a chamber that is connected to the meter dose inhaler to collect the medication |
| tripod position | the position where the patients is sitting down and holding them up with there arms |