Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Apnea
A
Without breath
2
Q
Dyspnea
A
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
3
Q
Sharp often abrupt pain and increases with inspiration, a cough, sneeze, hiccup, or laughing and felt on one side lower lateral part of chest
A
Pleuritic chest pain
4
Q
Pain with breathing usually indicates involvement if the ___ pleura
A
Parietal pleura (outer chest wall)
5
Q
Most common cause of fever
A
Infection
6
Q
A fever does what to your heart rate and respiratory rate
A
Increases by 9 to 10 bpm with each degree, and high respiratory rate
