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| lack of oxygen; can lead to unconsciousness and death |
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| withdrawing fluid using suction; removing phlegm from patient’s airway; inhaling food or liquid into trachea |
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| Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
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| abnormal breathing pattern with long periods of apnea followed by deep & rapid breathing |
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| abnormal widening and thickening of fingers due to chronic oxygen deficiency |
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| blue skin caused by low oxygen in blood |
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| cough up blood or blood-stained sputum |
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| breathing too fast and too deep |
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| breathing too slow and too shallow |
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| branch of medicine involving diagnosis and treatment of diseases of internal organs; physician is an internist |
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| two-pronged plastic device to deliver oxygen into the nose |
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| difficulty breathing made worse by lying flat; patient breaths better sitting up |
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| thick mucus secreted by respiratory tract |
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| branch of medicine involving diagnosis and treatment of diseases of respiratory system; physician is a pulmonologist |
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| shortness of breath (SOB) |
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| indicates that a patient is having difficulty breathing; also called dyspnea |
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| phlegm coughed up from respiratory tract |
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| acute respiratory condition in children; characterized by barking type of cough |
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| bacterial infection characterized by formation of thick membranous film across throat; high mortality rate |
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| bacterial infection of upper respiratory system; characterized by whooping cough |
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| difficulty breathing caused by bronchospasms, dyspnea, coughing, and wheezing |
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| adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) |
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| acute respiratory failure; characterized by tachypnea, dyspnea, cyanosis, and hypoxemia |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
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| progressive, chronic, and usually irreversible group of conditions; like emphysema; lungs have decreased capacity to function |
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| genetic condition; produces very thick mucus that causes severe congestion in lungs |
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| chronic lung condition characterized by destruction of alveolar walls |
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| inflammatory condition of lungs; results in alveoli filling with fluid |
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| excessive amount of tissue fluid accumulating in the lung tissues |
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| floating blood clot obstructs pulmonary artery; causes infarct of lung tissue |
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| breathing stops repeatedly during sleep; causes drop in oxygen levels |
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| Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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| unexpected and unexplained death of apparently well infant; stops breathing for unknown reasons |
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| bacterial lung infection; results in inflammation and calcification of lungs |
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