ABBREVIATIONS
COPD
WHAT IS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE?
THORACENTESIS
WHAT IS THE PROCEEDURE THAT REMOVES FLUID OR AIR FROM THE PLEURAL SPACE?
HEMOPTYSIS
WHAT IS COUGHING UP BLOOD?
SEPT/O
WHAT IS THE SEPTUM?
DESTROYS OR INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA
WHAT ARE ANTIBIOTICS?
ABBREVIATION SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
WHAT IS SIDS?
PULMONECTOMY
WHAT IS THE EXCISION OF PART OF THE PLURAL?
PECTORALGIA
WHAT IS CHEST PAIN?
INCOMPLETE IMPERFECT
WHAT IS ATEL/O?
ANTIHISTAMINES
WHAT ARE AGENTS THAT BLOCK HISTAMINES FROM BINDING WITH HISTAMINES RECEPTORS?
CPAP
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE?
WHAT IS A OXIMETER?
ATELECTASIS
WHAT IS COMPLETE OR PARTIAL LUNG COLLAPSE?
-PTYSIS
WHAT IS THE SUFFIX THAT MEANS SPITTING?
ANTITUSSIVES
WHAT ARE AGENTS RELIEVE OR SUPPRESS COUGHING?
URI
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION?
SPIROMETRY
WHAT IS THE PFT THAT MEASURES HOW MUCH AND HOW QUICKLY AIR MOVES IN AND OUT OF THE LUNGS?
BRONCHITIS
WHAT IS INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES?
PECTOR/O STETH/O THORAC/O
WHAT IS CHEST?
EXPECTORANTS
WHAT LIQUEFIES RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS SO THEY ARE MORE EASILY DISLODGED WITH A COUGH?
OSA
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR OBSTUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA?
MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE IN SWEAT
WHAT IS A SWEAT TEST?
NOSE BLEED
WHAT IS EPISTAXIS?
EU
WHAT IS GOOD, NORMAL?
CORTICOSTEROIDS
WHAT ACTS ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO BLOCK PRODUCTION OF SUBSTANCES THAT TRIGGER ALLERGIC REACTION?