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Week 4 Terms-Spring

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