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19 Cards in this Set
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Polycythemia is a condition in which:
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excess red blood cells are produced in response to chronic hypoxia.
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Apneustic breathing is characterized by:
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short, brisk inhalations with a long pause before exhalation
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On either side of the glottis, tissue forms a pocket called the:
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piriform fossa
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___________ respirations are characterized by a grossly irregular pattern of breathing that may be accompanied by lengthy periods of apnea.
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Biot
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Irregular gasps that are few and far between
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Agonal
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When the pneumotaxic center in the brain is damaged,the apneustic center causes a prolonged inspiratory hold
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Apneustic
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Completely irregular respirations that indicate sever brain injury or brain-stem herniation
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Ataxic
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Respirations with an irregular pattern, rate and depth with intermittent patterns of apnea
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Biot Respirations
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Unusually slow respirations
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Bradypnea
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Rapid and deep respirations caused by increased intracranial pressure or direct brain injury
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Central nerogenic hyperventilation
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Crescendo-decrescendo breathing with a period of apnea between each
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Cheyne-Stokes respirations
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Forced exhalation against a closed glottis: an airway-clearing maneuver
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Cough
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Normal breathing
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Eupnea
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Spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm causing short exhalations with a characteristic sound
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Hiccup
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Unusually de reep breathing
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Hyperpnea
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Unusually shallow respirations
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Hypopnea
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the body's response to metabolic acidosis
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Kussmaul respirations
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Periodically taking a very deep breath
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Sigh
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Unusually rapid breathing
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Tachypnea
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