Respiratory Flashcards
What is accessory muscle use?
Visible usage of muscles not normally used to breathe
What is bradypnea?
Unusually slow breathing
What is cyanosis?
When the skin turns purple or dark blue (typically due to hypoxia)
What is dyspnea?
Shortness of breath
What is expiration?
Breathing out
What is hemoptysis?
Coughing up blood
What is inspiration?
Breathing in
What does intubated mean?
Introduction of a tube into a hollow organ, such as the trachea
What is orthopnea?
Difficulty breathing when laying down
What is a rale?
Abnormal sound heard in lungs
What is respiratory distress?
Difficulty breathing
What is retraction?
Visible pulling inward of the muscles between the ribs when inhaling
What are rhonchi?
Whistling sound heard when there is a partial obstruction of the airways
What is speech dyspnea?
Shortness of breath when speaking
What is stridor?
Sound heard when there is an obstruction of the airways
What is tachypnea?
Unusually fast breathing
What is tracheal deviation?
Trachea that has shifted from one side or the other
What is a wheeze?
Difficulty breathing makes a whistling sound that is a result from the narrowing of the lumen in respiratory passages
Atelectasis
Partial or total collapse of the lung
Asthma
Inflammation of the airways, and the production of extra mucous, causing
shortness of breath
Cystic Fibrosis
A lung disease that causes the production of thick mucus in the lungs,
hampering breathing
Pleurisy
Inflammation of the pleural (lung) cavity
Pneumonia
Infection and inflammation of the air sacs in one or both lungs
Pneumothorax
Air in the pleural (lung) cavity
