Respiratory
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- 2. An adventitous breath sound that indicates that no breathing is occuring.
- 9. A type of cough in a patient presenting with lung diease that is often mistaken for a smoker's cough.
- 10. What triggers someone with chronic hypercapnia to breathe.
- 12. A high pitched breath sound often indicating upper airway obstruction that requires immediate intervention by the RN.
- 14. A form of TB that indicates exposure, would produce a positive TB skin test but is generally not contagious.
- 15. Where gas exchange of Oxygen and Carbon dioxide occur.
- 16. A form of lung disease that is charcterized by tenacious mucus that obstructs.
- 17. Nonareation or collapse of part of a lung.
- 19. A type of edema in the alveoli and the intersitial space.
- 20. Air collection in the pleural space.
- 21. A symptom that can be seen in active TB.
- 23. A viral illness in small children that produces larnygeal inflammation and a characteristic barking cough.
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- 1. Edema of the epiglottis that often presents with the inability to manage secretions.
- 3. Is a group of diseases which have irreversible damage to the lungs.
- 4. An airway prblem that causes chronic lung disease associated with thickened bronchial walls and increased mucus production, often develops in smokers, often called the "blue bloaters"
- 5. A collection of fluid in the pleural space.
- 6. Deviation of this can be seen in patient's with air collection in the pleural space..
- 7. A type on penumonia that often presents in 1 lobe and produces a rusty colored sputum.
- 8. Can detect changes in CO2 and Oxygen.
- 11. An obstructive lung disease that is characterized by mucosal inflammation, bronchoconstriction and mucus production.
- 13. The abbreviation for a blood clot or mass that obstructs pulmonary artery or any of its branches
- 18. The process of inspiration and expiration.
- 22. An alveolar problem that causes a chronic lung disease resulting in loss of surface area and air trapping in the alveoli. Often known as the "pink piffers".