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14 Cards in this Set
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Atelectasis
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a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are either partially or totally collapsed.
-usually occurs in patients who cannot or will not take breaths to fully expand the lungs and keep the passageways open. |
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Pneumonia
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if atelectasis is not corrected and secretions are retained, this is developed in 72 hours.
-its a lung infection that can be caused by either viruses, fungi, protists, or bacteria. |
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Chronic Obstrusctive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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A group of diseases in which patients have difficulty getting all the air out of their lungs.
-large amonts of secretions and lung damage are involved -refers to one or a combination of emphysema, and chromic bronchitis. |
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Asthma
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formaly considered a COPD type disease is now separated into its own category due to special characteristics (reversibility with proper treatment)
-Bronchospasm -Gas Trapping |
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Bronchospasm (part of Asthma)
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body reacts to an allergy by causing constriction of the airways of the lungs
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Gas Trapping
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the mobility to get air out of the lungs
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Emphysema
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a nonreversible lung condition in which the alveolar air sacs are destroyed and the lung becomes floppy
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Chronic Bronchitis
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lung disease in which there are inflamed airways and large amounts of sputum are produced.
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Pneumothroax
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a condition in which there is air inside the thorasic cavity and outside the lungs, often in the pleural cavity (potential space)
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Pleural Effusion
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condition in which an excessive buildup of fluid develops in the pleural cavity between the parietal and the visceral pluera.
-empyema -hydrothorax -hemothorax -like a pneumothorax but smaller it can restrict the amount of expansion of alung or lungs. |
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Empyema (part of pleural effusion)
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fluid being pus
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Hydrothorax (part of pleural effusion)
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serum from the blood
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Hemothorax (part of pleural effusion)
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blood
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Tuberculosis (TB)
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a bacterial infection that thrives in areas of the body that have high oxygen content such as the lungs.
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