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| smell (osmosis, thrusting forth) |
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| involuntary contraction, twitching |
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| adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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| ARDS; a form of pulmonary edema in which dyspnea and tachypnea are followed by progressive hypoxemia (acute rds, wet lung, shock lung) |
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| a collapsed or airless condition of the lung or portion of the lung characterized by the collapsed alveoli, preventing respiratory exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen |
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| process of becoming solid (solidification), as when the lungs become firm and inelastic from pneumonia |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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| COPD, any pathological process with chronic obstruction of the bronchial tubes and lungs (chronic obstructive lung disease or COLD) |
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| chronic condition characterized by the destruction of the alveolar walls, which leads to permanently inflated alveolar air spaces |
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| continuous musical sound heard during expiration or inspiration produced by air passing through a partially obstructed airway |
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| accumulation of fluid in the alveoli and interstitial spaces; most common cause is left-sided congestive heart failure |
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| a blood clot or other material that travels through the bloodstream and lodges in the pulmonary vessels |
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| infectious disease caused by the invasion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into the lungs which produces tubercles (granulomatous lesions) that usually remain dormant and asymptomatic until the immune system becomes impaired (immunocompromised) and then the active disease may occur |
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| pneumothorax (various types) |
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| collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity (open, spontaneous or simple, tension (most serious) |
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| passage of fluid into the pleural cavity, types named according to the fluid: empyema - pus; hemothorax - blood; hydrothorax - noninflammatory fluid |
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| inflammation of the pleural membranes that causes them to rub together particularly during inspiration, producing severe, sharp pain (pleurodynia) and friction rub that can be heard or felt |
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| abnormal crackling sounds heard on auscultation of the chest during inspiration |
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| a high-pitched, harsh sound heard during respiration associated with obstruction of the larynx or bronchus; found in conditions such as croup |
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| a test that measures the oxygen and carbon dioxide in arterial blood by various methods to assess the adequacy of ventilation and oxygenation and the acid-base status |
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| C&S, laboratory test that detects and identifies pathogenic bacteria and determines the appropriate antibiotic treatment (on sputum, blood or other body fluid) |
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| use of a stethoscope to listen to sounds within the body, especially in the chest, neck, and abdomen (used to detect crackles or wheezes in the lungs, pleural rubs and other physiological phenomena) |
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| passage of a tube into a body aperture, specifically the insertion of a breathing tube through the mouth or nose into the trachea to maintain an airway or for the delivery of anesthetic gases and oxygen or both |
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| agents that promote the clearance of mucus from the respiratory tract |
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| congestive heart failure (abnormal condition that reflects impaired cardiac pumping - left sided heart failure causes accumulation of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema), or right-sided failure causing accumulation of fluid in the abdominal organs and peripheral body areas) |
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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