Respiratory Keywords

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Across
  1. 2. Difficulty in breathing.
  2. 4. Uniform soft tissue swelling causing a loss of the normal angle between the nail and the nail bed (causing the nail to appear rounder).
  3. 6. Sitting and leaning forward with the arms resting on the knees. It may help reduce breathlessness.
  4. 11. – Breathing in.
  5. 14. Rattling, bubbling or crepitation sounds heard during auscultation, typically a sign of fluid e.g. mucous.
  6. 15. A bluish colour in the skin, lips, and nail beds caused by a shortage of oxygen in the blood.
  7. 16. Markings on the hand caused through smoking; can appear burn or yellow.
  8. 17. Difficulty in breathing/ shortness of breath when lying supine (on the back).
  9. 19. The starting letter for each part of the respiratory assessment in order.
  10. 21. A measure of how much hemoglobin is currently bound to oxygen compared to how much hemoglobin remains unbounds.
  11. 22. A mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract, typically as a result of infection or other disease.
Down
  1. 1. Upon percussion of the chest you hear a less dull sound than previous which is indicative of air.
  2. 3. This can occur due to use of beta-2-agonist (salbutamol).
  3. 5. Hyperexpansion - chest wall appears wider and taller than normal. Associated with chronic lung diseases such as asthma and COPD.
  4. 7. an irregular pattern of breathing consisting of a period of long, laboured breathing followed by a period of shallow, rapid breathing and moments of no breathing at all (apnea).
  5. 8. Rapid breathing rate.
  6. 9. Slow breathing rate.
  7. 10. A whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing.
  8. 12. A patient is using these when struggling with breathing, they’re muscles that provide assistance to the main breathing muscles when additional power is needed.
  9. 13. A cessation of breathing can be momentarily or stop.
  10. 18. A deep and laboured breathing pattern often associated with severe metabolic acidosis.
  11. 20. A flapping motion of the hands when the patient has their hands stretched outwards and holding them upright, usually indicating CO2 retention.