OXYGENATION Flashcards
poor oxygenation
decreased oxygen level in the blood
can be used to assess oxygen level
oxygen saturation
SpO2 or SAO2 measures what
how saturated hemoglobin are with oxygen (pulse oximetry)
hemoglobin is ___
molecule in blood that carries oxygen
normal oxygen saturation level
95% to 100%, but may see orders for keep O2 Sats above 92%
signs/symptoms of poor oxygenation
restlessness/confusion, decreased blood pressure, cool extremities, pallor or cyanosis of extremities, and slow capillary refill
when oxygen is inadequate to meet metabolic demands of the body we start to get ____ or ____
tissue ischemia or cell death
tissue ischemia
struggling for oxygen
cell death is called
necrosis
hypoxia
low oxygen in tissues
main clinical manifestation for early and late hypoxia
restlessness
alveoli are
air sacs where oxygen is exchanged
lung disease is influenced by
environmental, occupational, and personal
the ____ needs to be able to move freely
diaphragm
pulmonary diseases:
acute, chronic, obstructive, infectious, noninfectious, and restrictive
acute pulmonary disease
sudden onset, short period- bronchitis
chronic
asthma
obstructive
COPD
restrictive
pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis
infectious
pneumonia
noninfectious
asthma, copd, pulmonary fibrosis
clinical manifestations of respiratory alterations:
cough (acute/chronic), dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, altered breathing patterns, cyanosis, fever
hemoptysis is ___
cough up blood
cyanosis is best assessed
around fingertips and around mucus membrane of face
orthopnea
dyspnea when laying down
often occurs in heart and lung diseases that reduce amount of oxygen in the blood
clubbing in fingers
low levels of oxygen in the tissues and organs, hard to measure
hypoxia
low level of oxygen in the blood
hypoxemia
measure for hypoxemia with
pulse ox
symptoms of hypoxia
early: restlessness, anxiety, tachycardia/tachypnea
late: bradypnea, extreme restlessness, dyspnea
ventilation
act of exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide
hypoventilation
breathing too shallow or too deep
causes of hypoventilation
anxiety, respiratory depression, mediations (opioids), sleep (normal process), decreased level of conciousness
if you are hypo-ventilating you are ____
hypercapnic