Patient Assessment

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