Respiratory
a condition in which the body or a region of the body has no oxygen supply at all.
What is Anoxia?
What is Alveolus? (Alveoli)
S/s: Abdominal pain, cardiac arrythmia, decreased reflexes, paralysis, ECG changes, lethargy
What is Hypokalemia?
Causes: COPD, pneumonia, airway obstruction
What is Respiratory Acidosis?
Water moves from area of less solute concentration to area of greater concentration until solution in the compartments are of equal concentration.
What is osmosis?
What is Expectoration?
Breathing is too fast or too shallow, resulting in low oxygen and high CO₂.
What is Hyperventilation?
s/s: mental confusion, headache, altered mental status, anorexia, nausea& vomiting, muscle cramp
What is Hyponatremia?
Causes: Anxiety, pain, Hyperventilation
What is Respiratory Alkalosis?
◦Can move molecules into cells REGARDLESS of their electrical charge OR the concentrations already in the cell
◦Energy source for the process is adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
What is active Transport:
a sterile procedure used to remove mucus and secretions from the tracheostomy tube when the patient cannot clear them independently.
What is Tracheostomy suctioning?
low oxygen in the tissues
What is Hypoxia?
s/s dry mucous, loss of skin turgor, intense thirst, irritable, weakness, lethargy
What is Hypernatremia?
Causes: DKA, Renal failure, diarrhea, shock
What is metabolic Acidosis?
Overhydration: Weight gain, Crackles, Slow pulse, Elevated BP, Edema
What is fluid volume overload? or (Fluid volume excess)
What is non-rebreather mask?
low oxygen in the blood
What is Hypoxemia?
s/s: muscle weakness, Cardiac arrythmia, ECG changes, paresthesia, Hypotension
What is Hyperkalemia?
Causes: NG suction, vomiting, diuretics, excess antacids
What is Metabolic alkalosis?
Thirst, Weakness, Dizziness, Dry mucous membranes, Thick salvia, Postural hypotension, Decreased urine, Dry, cracked lips, Weak pulse, Poor skin turgor, Increased heart rate
What is Fluid Volume deficit?
a life‑saving first‑aid technique used when someone is choking and cannot breathe, speak, or cough.
What is Heimlich maneuver?
abnormally rapid, shallow breathing — typically defined in adults as a respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute at rest.
What is Tachypnea?
s/s: Paresthesia, seizures, muscle spasm, tetany, Chvostek sign, Trousseau sign, cardiac arrythmia, difficulty to swallow
What is Hypocalcemia?
PH: 7.54
PaCO2: 34
HCO3: 25
What is Respiratory Alkalosis?
◦Movement of water and suspended substances outward through a semipermeable membrane
What is filtration?