ABBREVIATIONS
O2
WHAT IS OXYGEN?
ANTIBIOTICS
WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA?
Dx
WHAT IS DIAGNOSIS?
MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF SALT IN SWEAT
WHAT IS A SWEAT TEST?
SLOW BREATHING
WHAT IS BRADYPNEA?
CARBON DIOXIDE
WHAT IS CO2
SUPPRESSES COUGHING
WHAT IS AN ANTITUSSIS THERAPEUTIC ACTION?
Bx
WHAT IS BIOPSY?
PNEUMONECTOMY
WHAT IS EXCISION OF A LUNG?
FAST BREATHING
TACHYPNEA
PFT
WHAT IS A PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST?
LIQUEFY RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS SO THAT THEY ARE EASIER TO DISLODGEED.
WHAT IS AN EXPECTORANT?
ABGs
WHAT IS ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS(ES)?
AIR IN THE CHEST
WHAT IS A PNEUMOTHORAX?
APNEA
WHAT IS THE ABSENCE OF BREATHING?
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
WHAT IS SIDS?
STIMULATES BRONCHIAL MUSCLES TO RELAX
WHAT IS A BRONCHODILATOR MEDICATION?
pH
WHAT IS THE DEGREE OF ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY?
HEMOTHROAX
WHAT IS A TYPE OF PLEURAL EFFUSION THAT CONTAINS BLOOD?
DIFFICULT BREATHING
WHAT IS DYSPNEA?
PO2
WHAT IS PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN?
CORTICOSTERIODS
WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICATIONS IS USED TO TREAT CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE?
URI
WHAT IS AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION?
SURGICAL PUNCTURE AND DRAINAGE OF THE PLURAL CAVITY
WHAT IS THORACENTESIS?
EUPNEA
WHAT IS NORMAL BREATHING?