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A nurse is performing chest physiotherapy for a patient who needs help mobilizing and expectorating thick pulmonary secretions. To increase the turbulence of the air the patient exhales, the nurse should use which of the following techniques? ~ vibration A nurse is preparing to perform endotr...

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Artificial airway

✓✓~ any device inserted into the respiratory tract to facilitate breathing or secretion removal




Alveolus

✓✓~ a small, air-containing saclike dilation in the distal portions of the lungs where gases are
exchanged with pulmonary capillary blood




Atelectasis

✓✓~ airlessness or collapse of a lung, usually as a result of hypoventilation or obstruction




Bronchiole

✓✓~ one of the subdivisions of the branched bronchial tree of the pulmonary system




Bronchus

✓✓~ one of the larger passageways conveying air to and within the pulmonary system




Chest physiotherapy

, ✓✓~ a method of mobilizing pulmonary secretions by positioning the patient's head downward to
incline the trachea below the affected area and then applying percussion and vibration
techniques; often used synonymously with postural drainage, although that term technically refers
to drainage by gravity without percussion and vibration




Cuff

✓✓~ referring to a tracheostomy, a cuff is a soft, inflatable balloon encircling the distal end of a
tracheostomy tube




Endotracheal (ET) tube

✓✓~ a hollow tube inserted in the trachea to establish and maintain a patent airway




Hypercapnia

✓✓~ an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood




Hyperventilation

✓✓~ excessively rapid or deep breathing




Hypoxemia

✓✓~ a diminished amount of oxygen in arterial blood




Hypoxia

✓✓~ a reduced supply of oxygen to tissues below physiological levels despite adequate perfusion
of the tissue by blood

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