Disease Respiratory/cardiac Flashcards
An insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to an area of the body is called:
Ischemia
Conditions that narrow or block the arteries of the heart are called:
coronary artery disease.
refers to chest pain that occurs when blood supply to the heart is reduced and a portion of the heart muscle is not receiving enough oxygen?
Angina pectoris
refers to any condition in which the heart may not be getting enough oxygen?
Acute coronary disease
weakened section of the arterial wall that is ballooning
Aneurism
Beta agonist
Opens air way, during asthma attack or copd
Beta blocker
Reduce blood pressure
Palpitations
Fluttering of the heart
Afebrile
Not fever
Croup
Inflammation of upper air way
Loud cough, hoarse voice, strider, fever
Vascular access
Tube or catheter in blood vessel to draw blood, deliver medicine
chronic bronchitis
bronchiole lining inflamed
excess MUCUS/ronchi
emphysema
aleviole breaks down, lungs lose elasticity, carbon dioxide trapped
the BREATHE OUT/skinnnier
Asthma
bronchi constricts and narrows
hard to exhale
pulmonary edema
fluid in alveoli, blocks gases
PINK SPUTUM, crackles,SOB, overweight
cpap, bvm, o2