Abbreviations
O2
What is oxygen?
The accidental inhalation of food or other foreign material into the lungs
What is aspiration?
tachy
What is rapid?
pnea
What is breathing?
nas/o
What is nose?
BS
What is breathing sounds?
A disease characterized by dyspnea and wheezing caused by a spasm of the bronchial tubes or swelling of their mucous membranes.
What is asthma?
hyper
What is abnormally high?
oxia
What is level of oxygen?
laryng/o
What is larynx?
R
What is respiration?
inflammation of a bronchus
What is bronchitis?
dys
What is abnormal, painful, or difficult?
capnia
What is level of carbon dioxide?
pneumon/o
What is lung?
RDS
What is respiratory distress syndrome?
Difficult or labored breathing sometimes with pain "air hunger"
What is dyspnea?
brady
What is slow?
phonia
What is voice?
spir/o
What is breathing?
VC
What is vital capacity?
Increase in the rate and depth of breathing to above optimal levels, with blood carbon dioxide decreasing to levels below normal
What is hyperventilation?
ortho
What is straight, correct, or upright?
osmia
What is sense of smell?
phrenic/o
what is phrenic nerve?