C C 306M Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Orthopnea, Tachycardia, Shortness Of Breath
11 Jan 2017
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Respiratory 7b: pnea = breathing, bradypnea = slow, tachypnea = fast, hypopnea = shallow, hyperpnea = deep, polypnea = mini/ many breath, dyspnea = diffulty/ faulty/ painful, apnea = lack of breathing, orthopnea, platypnea. Nb orthopnea = breathing when youre upright and laying down difficult breathing. Platy = flat, broad wide platypnea = can breathe laying down. Pod, pus = foot: spirare, spiratum, to breath, blow, spiro = breathing. Spirometry =measuring to breath inspire = breathing in your ideas respire = breathing again. Expire = breath out/ dead/ last breath gone. Incomplete tongue = ateloglossia: atel/o = imperfect/ incomplete, gr. asthma, panting. Nb status = going on for long period of time/ attack/ not acute/ theyre in a state. Status asthmaticus: tuber = root, tumor/ growth, cul = little, phthisis, wasting, phthisis = wasting, consumption, use it for tb, tb of the kidney , pulmonary tb , caseous necrosis (ger. Mediastinal effusion = middle of 2 lungs.
