Term | Definition |
ABGs | arterial blood gases |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
URI | upper respiratory infection |
SOB | shortness of breath |
PND | paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
O2 | oxygen |
TB | tuberculosis |
STAT | immediately |
SARS | sudden acute respiratory syndrome |
ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) | hypoxemia and respiratory failure due to severe inflammatory damage to the lungs, occurs after severe infection or trauma |
Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | viral respiratory illness marked by head and body aches, fever and cough, may lead to pneumonia |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | group of diseases in which alveolar air sacs are destroyed and chronic, severe SOB, a major cause is smoking |
asthma | disease marked by narrowing and inflammation of the airways, resulting in wheezing and cough |
epistaxis | a nosebleed |
croup | an acute viral disease, usually in children, marking by a barking, "seal like" cough and respiratory distress |
rhonchi | a coarse, gurgle sound heard in the lungs with a stethoscope, caused by secretions in the air passages |
cystic fibrosis | fatal genetic disease that causes frequent respiratory infections, increases airway secretions, and COPD in children |
stridor | a high pitched upper airway sound heard without a stethoscope, indicates airway obstruction, a medical emergency |
crackles | abnormal crackly lung sound heard with a stethoscope, sounds like rice krispies |
wheeze | a somewhat musical sound heard in the lungs caused by a partial airway obstruction |
pleural effusion | collection of fluid in the pleural cavity |
empyema | collection of infected fluid (pus) in the pleural cavity |
hemothorax | collection of blood or bloody fluid in the pleural cavity |
pneumothorax | collection of air in the pleural cavity |
chondr/o | cartilage |
tonsil/o | tonsils |
thorac/o | thorax |
ortho/o | straight |
carcin/o | cancer, carcinoma |
muc/o | mucus |
trache/o | trachea |
pneum/o | air, lungs |
pneumon/o | air, lungs |
bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
sinus/o | sinuses |
bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
or/o | mouth-like opening, mouth |
stomat/o | mouth-like opening, mouth |
natr/o | sodium |
diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
are/o | air |
pleur/o | pleura |
pulmon/o | lung |
ox/i ox/o | oxygen |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
laryng/o | larynx |
nas/o rhin/o | nose |
alveol/o | alveoli |
pharyng/o | pharynx |