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14 Cards in this Set
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Atelectasis
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Collapsed Lung
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Auscultation
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Use of Stethoscope
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COAD
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Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease
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Coryza
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Common Cold
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Crepitation
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Crackling sound heard when lungs are infected
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Dyspnoea
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Difficulty in breathing
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Emphysema
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Breakdown of alveoli causing difficulty in breathing
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Epistaxis
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Nose Bleed
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Orthopnoea
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Difficulty in breathing unless upright
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Percussion
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Tapping chest with fingers to see if cavities blocked
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Pleural Effusion
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Accumulation of fluid in pleural space
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Pneumoconiosis
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Industrial disease of the lungs
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Blockage in the blood vessel supplying the lungs
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Sputum
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May be purulent or mucoid
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