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Dyspnea - correct answers Shortness of brearh or difficulty breathing Respiration - correct answers The principal function of the lungs in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged Normal breathing rate - correct answers 12 - 20 breaths per minute Signs of normal breathing - correct answers 1. A normal rate
- Regular pattern
- Clear and equal lung sounds on both sides of the chest
- Regular and equal chest rise
- Adequate depth and tidal volume Asthma - correct answers Wheezing, bronchospasm Anaphylaxis symptoms - correct answers Flushed skin, hives, generalized edema, decreased blood pressure, laryngeal edema with dyspnea Bronchitis symptoms - correct answers Chronic cough, wheezing, cyanosis, and productive cough
Congestive heart failure symptoms - correct answers Dependent edema, rales, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Croup symptoms - correct answers Fever, barking cough, mostly seen in pediatric patients Emphysema symptoms - correct answers Barrel chest, pursed lip breathing, dyspnea on exertion Pneumonia symptoms - correct answers Dyspnea, chills/fever, cough, dark sputum Pneumothorax symptoms - correct answers Sudden chest pain with dyspnea, decreased lung sounds/affected side Pulmonary embolus symptoms - correct answers Sharp, pinpoint pain, dyspnea, sudden onset, after childbirth or surgery Tension pneumothorax symptoms - correct answers Progressive shortness of breath, increasing altered level of consciousness, neck vein distention, and tracheal deviation Pertussis (whooping cough) symptoms - correct answers Coughing spells, "whooping" sound, fever, mostly seen in pediatric patients Hypoxia - correct answers Lack of oxygen flow
Respiratory syncytial virus - correct answers A major cause of illness in young children; causes an infection of the lungs and breathing passages; look for signs of dehydration Pertussis (whooping cough) - correct answers An airborne bacterial infection that affects mostly children younger than 6 years; patient will be feverish and exhibit a "whoop" sound on inspiration after a coughing attack Severe acute respite part syndrome (SARS) - correct answers A virus that has caused significant concern; potentially life threatening viral condition caused by a recently discovered family of viruses best known as the second most common cause of the common cold; usually begins with flu-like symptoms and may progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure Influenza type A - correct answers Virus that has crossed the animal/human barrier and has infected humans Meningococcal meningitis - correct answers An inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord that can be highly contagious Pulmonary edema - correct answers Usually a result of congestive heart failure; fluid builds up within the alveoli and in the lung tissue between the alveoli Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - correct answers A slow process of dilation and disruption of the airways and alveoli caused by chronically bronchial obstruction
Chronic bronchitis - correct answers An ongoing irritation of the trachea and bronchi Emphysema - correct answers A type of COPD; the loss of elastic material around the air spaces as result of chronic stretching of the alveoli when inflamed airways obstruct easy expulsion of gases Asthma, hay fever, and anaphylaxis - correct answers The result of an allergic reaction to an inhaled, ingested, or injected substance Asthma - correct answers An acute spasm of the smaller airway passages, called bronchioles, associated with excessive mucous production and with swelling of the mucous lining of the respiratory passages Hay fever - correct answers Causes cold like symptoms
