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| abdominal compartment syndrome |
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| the abdomen has become a fix compartment with increased pressure resulting in ischemia and organ dysfunction |
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| abnormal breathing pattern seen as a sinking inward motion of the abdomen with each inpiratory effort; a sign of diaphragm fatigue |
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| abnormal lund sound supermposed on the basic underlying breath sounds |
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| spasmodic, cramp like choking feeling |
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| abnormal increase in the anteroposterior diameter of the chest caused by hyperinflation of the lungs |
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| abnormally decreased heart rate |
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| abnormal decrease in breathing rate |
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| distressful sensation of uncomfortable breathing that may be caused by certain heart conditions, strenuous exercise or anxiety |
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| general ill health and malnutrition characterized by weekness and emanciation |
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| bulbous swelling of the terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes, often associated with certain chronic lung diseases |
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| forceful expiratory effort designed to expel mucus and other foreign material from the upper airway |
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| discontinuous type of adventitious lung sounds |
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| abnormal bluish discoloratoin of the skin or mucous membranes |
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| secretions of sweat, a=especially profuse secretion associated with an elevated bogy temperature, physical exertion, ecposure to heat, and mental or emotional stress |
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| difficult or labored breathing as percieved by the pt |
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| abnormal elevation of body temperature owing to disease |
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| abnormal heart sound that resembles the gallop of a hourse, most often indicates heart failur |
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| rupture of red blood cells |
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| abnormal enlargedment of the liver; usuallly a sign of desease |
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| inward movement of the lower lateral morgins of the chest wall with each inspiratory effort owing to a low, flat diaphram as seen in empysema |
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| greather that normal amounts of calcium in the blood,most often resulting from excessive bone resorption and relese of calcium, as occurs in hyperparathyroidsm, metastatic tumors of bone, paget disease and osteoporosis |
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| persistently high blood pressure |
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| abnormal condition in which the blood pressure is inadequate for normal perfusion and oxygenation of the tissues |
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| abnormal and dangerous condition in which the tmperature of the body is less than 32 degrees C, usually caused by prolonged exposure to cold |
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| jugular venous destention |
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| abnormal distention of the jugular veins, most often caused by heart failure |
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| hypernea associated with diabetic keoacidosis |
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| abnormally loud closure of the pulmonic valve as part of S2; usuallly caused by pulmonary hypertention |
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| of or pertaining to a disease of the lymph nodes; refers also to the visulization of enlarged lymph nodes on radiographs |
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| abnormal heart sound created by turnulent blood flow, through a narrowed or incompetent heart valve |
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| decrease in PaO2, owing to changes in position |
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| labored breathing in the reclining position |
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| a method of determing the quality of cigaretts a pt smoke over time. the number of packs of cigarettes a pt smoked divide by the number of years they smoked |
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| swelling of the ankles usually secondary to heart failure |
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| mucus from the tracheobronchial tree |
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| opposite of orthopnea; an abnormal condition charaterized by difficult breathing in the standing position, which is relieved in the lying or recumbent position |
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| sudden decrease in arterial blood peresusure caused by a change in postion; most often occurs when a hypovolemic pt moves from the reclining position to the upright position |
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| presence of air or gas in the pleural space of the thorax; if this air or gas is trapped under pressure, tention pneumorthorax exists |
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| descrepancy between the ventricular rate auscultated at the apex of the heart and the arterial rate of the radial pulse |
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| alterating between stron and weak heartbeats |
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| abnormal decrease in pulse pressure with each inpiratory effort |
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| consisting of or containing pus |
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| alternating between use of the diaphragm for shor periods and use of the accessory muscles to breathe; indicative of end-stage respiratory muscle fatigue |
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| sinking inward of the skin around the chest cage with each inspiratory effort |
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| general term referring to the relative state of a patient's consciousness or alertness |
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| condition in which perfusion to vital organs is inadequate to meet metabolic needs; includes hypovolemic, cardiogenic, septic, anaphylactic, and neurogenic forms |
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| mucus from the respiratory tract that has passed though the mouth |
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| high pitched, continuous type of adventitious lung sound heard from the upper airway |
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| accumulation of air in the subcutanous tissues owing to leakage from the lung |
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temporary unconscienceness; fainting
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| peak blood pressure occuring in the arteries during ventricular contraction |
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| abnormally elevated hear rate |
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| abnormal elevation of breathing rate |
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| fine palpable vibration felt accompanying a cardiac or vascular murmur |
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| effect of an aortic aneurysm in which the trachea is pulled downward with each heart contration |
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| breathing technique most often used by pt with COPD in which they lean forward and place their elbows on a table or arms of a chair to support breathing with the accessory muscles |
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| high-pitched continusoud type of adventitious lung sound |
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