Chapter 30 Oxygen Needs
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- Oxygen concentration
- the amount of hemoglobin containing oxygen
- Kussmaul's respirations
- very deep and rapid respirations
- Apnea
- Absence of breathing
- Hemoptysis
- bloody sputum
- Dyspnea
- difficult, labored, or painful breathing
- Pneumothorax
- Air in the pleural space
- Cheyne-Stokes respirations
- Respirations gradually increase in rate and depth, then become shallow and slow
- Oxygen
- a gas with no taste, order, or color it is a basic need required for life
- Cyanosis
- blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- Hyperventilation
- Respirations are rapid and deeper than normal
- Hypoxemia
- A reduced amount of oxygen in blood
- suction
- the process of withdrawing or sucking up fluid
- Orthopnea
- Breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting
- Aspiration
- the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
- Pleural effusion
- the escape and collection of fluid
- Mechanical ventilation
- using a machine to move air into and out of the lungs
- Hypoxia
- cells do not have enough oxygen
- Intubation
- Inserting an artificial airway
- Respiration
- inhalation and exhalation of air
- Hypoventilation
- Respirations are slow, shallow and sometimes irregular
- Allergy
- a sensitivity to a substance that causes the body to react with signs and symptoms
- Respiratory arrest
- when breathing stops! :O
- Hemothorax
- blood in the pleural space
- Carbon Dioxide
- a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO2, present in the atmosphere and formed during respiration, usually obtained from coal, coke, or natural gas by combustion, from carbohydrates by fermentation, by reaction of acid with limestone or other carbonates, or naturally from springs: used extensively in industry as dry ice, or carbon dioxide snow, in carbonated beverages, fire extinguishers, etc.