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Infants are this kind of nose breather until approximately 4 weeks of age.
What is obligate nose breather?
Viral infection that occurs primarily during the winter. It is spread through inhalation of droplets or contact with fine-particle aerosols.
What is Influenza?
Treatment for epistaxis.
What is apply continuous pressure to the anterior portion of the nose by pinching it closed. Ice or a cold cloth applied to the bridge of the nose may also be helpful?
This tool helps determine daily control of the asthmatic.
What is a peak flow meter?
Transmission of Cystic Fibrosis.
What is one faulty gene has to be inherited from each parent, for there to be a chance of being born with cystic fibrosis.
Posterior displacement of this can lead to severe airway obstruction.
What is the tongue?
Inflammation of the throat mucosa.
What is pharyngitis?
Priority intervention in caring for a child with suspected epiglottitis.
What is do not leave child unattended, never supine (airway occlusion can occur).
Provide 100% O2 in least invasive manner.
Ensure emergency tracheostomy equipment is available
This is usually used to help diagnose asthma but not useful during an acute exacerbation.
What are pulmonary function tests?
Common stool of the patient with cystic fibrosis.
What is bulky, greasy stools?
Smaller numbers of these place the infant at risk of hypoxemia and carbon dioxide retention.
What are alveoli?
A self-limited illness caused by the Epstein–Barr virus.
What is mononucleosis?
Activity level in the recovery period of mononucleosis.
What is educate that strenuous activity and contact sports should be avoided.
This is the hallmark lung sound you will hear with an asthmatic.
What is wheezing?
Common respiratory procedure we use in this patient to facilitate the movement of lung secretions.
What is chest physiotherapy?
Through early school age, children tend to have enlarged areas here even in the absence of illness. This can contribute to an increased incidence of airway obstruction.
What is tonsillar and adenoidal tissue?
Children between 3 months and 3 years of age are the most frequently affected with this, rarely affecting children over age 6. Inflammation and edema of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi occur as a result of this viral infection. They have a "barking cough".
What is croup or laryngotracheobronchitis?
Priority nursing assessment post tonsillectomy.
What is watch for continuous swallowing of small amounts of blood, may indicate early bleeding.
A common bronchodilator that asthmatics will use during an exacerbation.
What is albuterol?
Diagnostic lab test to confirm cystic fibrosis.
What is sweat chloride test?
Children have a significantly higher demand of this than adults. Their resting respiratory rates are faster and their demand for oxygen is higher.
What is a higher metabolic rate?
This is most often caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b and has become a rare occurrence with the extensive use of the Hib vaccine since the 1980s.
What is epiglottitis?
Preferred positioning for a child with acute asthma exacerbation.
What is high fowlers?
The objective is to reduce asthma deaths, hospitalizations for asthma, hospital emergency department visits for asthma.
What is Health People 2030?
First clinical manifestation of cystic fibrosis.
What is meconium ileus?