Respiratory Therapy Terms

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TO COMPLETELY CEASE TO BREATH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME

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APNEA OR APNEIC

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TACHYCARDIA (PULSE > 100) INDICATES

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HYPOXEMIA, ANXIETY OR STRESS
GIVE O2

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BRADYCARDIA (< 60 PULSE) INDICATES

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HEART FAILURE, SHOCK, CODE EMERGENCY

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WHEN A PTS PULSE AND OR BLOOD PRESSURE VARIES WITH RESPIRATION, POSSIBLY INDICATING SEVER AIR TRAPPING AS IN STATUS ASTHMATICUS

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PARADOXICAL PULSE OR PULSUS PARADOXUS

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DISEASES OR DISORDERS WHICH PRODUCE CHRONIC HYPOXIA WILL IN TIME STIMULATE BONE MARROW TO INCREASE RBC. THIS INCREASED LEVEL IS KNOWN AS? AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE

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POLYCYTHEMIA

INCREASES THE OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY IN THE BLOOD.

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AN INCREASE IN MUSCLE SIZE OCCURING IN COPD PTS? AND WHY

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HYPERTROPHY OR MUSCULAR HYPERTROPHY
DUE TO OVERUSE OF VENTILATORY MUSCLES, CHRONIC

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A PT WITH DIGITAL CLUBBING IN THE FINGER HAS WHAT AND IS VISABLE ON WHICH TWO FINGERS

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CHRONIC HYPOXIA
THUMB, INDEX

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EXAMPLES OF OBJECTIVE INFORMATION

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THINGS YOU CAN MEASURE
COLOR, PULSE, EDEMA, BP

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THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES A PT HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING EXCEPT WHILE SETTING UPRIGHT, WHAT PT IS AFFECTED

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ORTHOPNEA
CHF OR CARDIAC PROBLEMS

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SMOKE HISTORY EQUATION

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PTS YEARS SMOKED X'S PACK AVERAGE PER DAY.
40 YEARS X'S 1 PACK PER DAY 40 PACK YEARS

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WHAT IS A THROMBUS

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BLOOD CLOT,EMBOLUS OR EMBOLISM

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STATUS ASTHMATICUS

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A CONDITION OF SEVER PROLONGED ASTHMA ATTACK POSSIBLY NOT RESPONDING TO STANDARD DRUGS USED TO IMPROVE OR ELEMINATE BRONCHOSPASM

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TERM USED TO IDENTIFY MUSCLE WASTING (LOSS OF MUSCLE TONE)
WHEN DOES THIS OCCUR

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ATROPHY
PARALYSIS

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DYSPHAGIA

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DIFICULTY SWOLLOWING

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DOESN'T RESPOND TO PAINFUL STIMULI

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COMMATOSE
DUHHHH

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A PT THAT ONLY RESPONSE TO PAINFUL STIMULI

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SEMICOMATOSE

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THE TERM USED TO MEAN INCREASED RATE AND DEPTH OF VENTILATION COMMONLY CAUSED BY METABOLIC DISORDERS OR CNS DISORDERS

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HYPERPNEA

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NON MEASURABLE THINGS THAT A PT MUST TELL YOU, DYSPNEA, PAIN, NAUSEA, IS CONSIDERED

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SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION

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PULMONARY FIBROSIS

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SCARING OF LUNG TISSUE

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THE PROCESS IN WHICH EXUDATE FLUID BECOMES SOLID USUALLY IN CERTAIN TYPES OF PNEUMONIA

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CONSOLIDATION

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THE TERM USED FOR DARK PATTERN, AIR WHICH IS NORMAL FOR LUNGS? CHEST XRAY ?

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RADIOLUCENT

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HEMODYNAMIC LITTERALLY MEANS

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HEMO DYNAMIC
BLOOD MOVEMENT

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A GRADUALLY INCREASING THEN DECREASING RATE AND DEPTH IN A CYCLE LASTING FROM 30 TO 180 SEC AND APNEA PERIODS UP TO 60 SEC

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CHEYNE STOKES RESPIRATIONS

CAUSES: INCREASED ICP, MENINGITIS OR DRUG OVERDOSE

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TWO TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE A PT THAT ACTS SLEEPY (POSSIBLY A COPD PT WITH O2 OVERDOSE)

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LETHARGIC OR SOMNOLENCE

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RR ABOVE 20 PER MIN. WHICH IS ABNORMAL. TERM? CAUSES

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TACHYPNEA

FEVER, HYPOXIA, PAIN OR CNS PROBLEMS

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A PT THAT HAS A FLAIL CHEST WHERE THE BROKEN RIBS ARE, UPON INHALATION, CHEST GOES IN AND VISA VERSA

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PARADOXICAL CHEST MOVEMENT

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A DEPRESSION OF PART OR ALL OF THE STERNUM

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PECTUS EXCAVATUM

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A REDUCTION OF 5 GRAMS OR MORE IN HEMOGLOBIN CAUSING A BLUE OR BLUE GRAY DISCOLORATION CAUSED BY HYPOXIA

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CYANOSIS

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THIS TERM IS USED TO IDENTIFY REDNESS OF THE SKIN POSSIBLY DUE TO CAPILLARY CONGESTION, INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION

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ERYTHEMA

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TWO TERMS USED TO MEAN A DECREASE IN COLOR DUE TO ANEMIA OR ACUTE BLOOD LOSS

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ASHEN OR PALLOR


VASOCONSTRICTION WILL CAUSE COLOR CHANGE BY REDUCING BLOOD FLOW

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AN INCREASE IN BILLIRUBIN (YELLOW) IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUE APPEARING MOSTLY IN THE FACE AND TRUNK

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JAUNDICE

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A STATE OF PREFUSE OR HEAVY SWEATTING? COMMON CAUSES

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DIAPHORESIS

CARDIAC FALURE
FEVOR, INFECTION
ANXIETY, NERVOUSNESS
TB NIGHT SWEATS

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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION

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HOSPITAL ACCUIRED. USUALLY FROM STAFF FROM ROOM TO ROOM. POOR HAND WASHING IS THE GENERAL CAUSE

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HEMOPTYSIS

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EXPECTORATION OF BLOOD IN THE MUCUS FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT.

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MI

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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR HEART ATTACK. BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEART INTERUPTED

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PNEUMOTHORAX

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PNEUMO MEANS AIR
THORAX MEANS CHEST CAVITY
SO....AIR IN THE PLURAL SPACE
TENSION PNEUMO MEANS AIR FILLED CAUSING TENSION (WHEN THEY PUT A CHEST TUBE IN YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE AIR RELEASE)

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ISCHEMIA

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SHORTAGE OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO AN ORGAN

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AN ABRUPT CESSATION OF NORMAL CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD DUE TO FAILURE OF THE HEART TO CONTRACT EFFECTIVELY DURING SYSTOLE. (HEART HAS STOPPED ALL TOGETHER)

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CARDIAC ARREST

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HEART FAILURE

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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, WHEN THE HEART WILL NOT FILL WITH ENOUGH BLOOD OR WILL NOT PUMP THE BLOOD THROUGH THE BODY THE WAY IT SHOULD OR BOTH. DOESN'T MEAN THE HEART HAS STOPPED OR WILL STOP WORKING

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AN ABNORMAL CONTRACTION OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLE OF THE BRONCHI CAUSING A NARROWING AND OBSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPASSAGE IS KNOWN AS? TERM

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BRONCHOSPASM

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PNEUMOTHORAX, RUPTURED ESOPHAGUS AND OR BRONCHIAL TUBE ARE COMMONLY CAUSED BY ______________ REFURING TO AIR TRAPPED DIRECTLY UNDER THE SKIN OF THE KNECK OR CHEST CAUSING A CRACKELY SOUND BENEATH THE SURFACE.

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SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA

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A SIGN OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS IN INFANTS OR BLOCKED (OBSTRUCTED) AIRWAY IN ADULTS WHERE THE CHEST MOVES INWARD (ABNORMAL) DURING INHALATION IS CALLED

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INTERCOSTAL RETRACTIONS (BETWEEN RIBS)
OR
STERNAL RETRACTIONS

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TO PREVENT ATELECTASIS IN INFANTS, THE INFANT WILL DO EXPIRATORY_________________, ______________ AND OR ___(2 WORDS)____ ______________

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GRUNTING, RETRACITONS, NASAL FLAIRING

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PALPATION IS USED BY PLACING AN INDEX FINGER THROUGH THE _________ ___________ ________ AND COMPARING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LEFT CLAVICAL AND THE LEFT BORDER TO ASSESS FOR ________ __________

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SUPRA STERNAL NOTCH

TRACHIAL DEVIATION

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLEURAL EFFUSION AND PULMONARY EDEMA

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PULMONARY EFFUSION: FLUID IN PLEURAL SPACE

PULMONARY EDEMA: EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF PLASMA (FLUID) IN THE LUNGS ALVEOLI USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY SEVER RESPRATORY DISTRESS, TACHYPNEA AND HYPOXIA

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A CONDITION WHERE AN OBJECT OFTEN A BLOOD CLOT TRAVELS AND BECOMES LODGED IN THE LUNGS? TX

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PULMONARY EMBOLISM

THIS BLOCKS A PORTION OF PULMONARY CIRCULATION CAUSING DEAD SPACE.

TX: ANTICOAGULATION (CLOT BUSTERS OR THROMBOLYTICS)

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PNEUMOTHORAX (NBRC FAV EMERGENCY) OR TENSION PNEUMO WILL REQUIRE

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CHEST TUBE

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THE TWO COMMON INSPIRATORY MUSCLES? EXHALATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE

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DIAPHRAGM, EXTERNAL INTERCOSTALS

PASSIVE

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CHEST MOTION SYMMETRY IS DONE BY? WHAT DOES THIS DETERMINE

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BOTH HANDS PLACED ON EITHER CHEST WALL, DURING INSPIRATION CHECK TO SEE IF BOTH MOVE THE SAME DISTANCE

CHECKING FOR SYMMETRICAL OR ASYMMETRICAL CHEST MOVEMENT

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PLEURAL EFFUSION IS TX HOW

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THORACENTESIS