Across
- 4. Persistent and intractable asthma
- 7. A genus of diplococcal bacteria that appear as small, plump rods with rounded ends
- 8. a reduction of air flow of 30% to 50%, with a concomitant drop in the patient's SaO2
- 9. excessive tracheobronchial secretions that obstruct airflow, and the bronchial mucous glands are enlarged
- 11. a destructive process of the lung parenchyma leading to permanent enlargement of the distal air spaces
- 13. Abnormal rapidity of heart action, usually defined as a heart rate >100 bpm
- 16. Coumadin
- 17. a disorder of neuromuscular conduction that leads to muscle weakness of the skeletal muscles
- 20. The removal of amniotic fluid
- 22. Natural substance of the human body
- 23. an inadequate amount of potassium, the major intracellular cation, is found in the circulating bloodstream
- 24. without fever
Down
- 1. Necrosis of tissue after cessation of blood supply
- 2. used frequently to treat VA occurring during cardiac surgery or after an acute myocardial infarction
- 3. Air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain
- 5. Infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus
- 6. Abnormally slow breathing
- 10. the process of drawing blood by venipuncture
- 12. a greater than normal concentration of sodium in the blood caused by excessive loss of water and electrolytes
- 14. greater than normal amounts of potassium in the blood
- 15. Clear, thick sputum commonly seen in patients with asthma
- 18. A rapid breathing rate
- 19. a soft, muffled sound
- 21. an autoimmune disease that causes an acute peripheral nervous system disorder called polyneuropathy that results in a flaccid paralysis of the skeletal muscles and loss of muscle reflexes