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NUR 2204 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED aspiration choking on contents that are supposed to go in stomach but go into trachea pneumothorax air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall = collapsed lung, air outside of lung pushing ...

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NUR 2204 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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aspiration

choking on contents that are supposed to go in stomach but go into trachea

pneumothorax

air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall = collapsed lung,

air outside of lung pushing against lung



hear: no sounds of inspiration or expiration



to treat: place a chest tube

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

excessive use during respiratory distress

goblet cells

produce mucus in respiratory tract

curved bronchus

left lung

dyspnea

difficulty breathing

orthopnea

difficulty breathing when lying down

, hemoptysis

blood in sputum

sign of TB, lung cancer, pneumonia

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

combo of 3 diseases

chronic bronchitis, asthma, emphysema

dysphagia

difficulty swallowing

pulmonary edema

fluid in lungs

adventitious sounds

abnormal breath sounds

rhonchi

bronchial congestion, indicative of mucus, sounds like snoring

crackles

alveoli are surrounded are surrounded by fluid, alveoli are opening/closing against fluid,

indicative of heart failure/pneumonia

can be fine or course crackles

stridor

sign that someone has something in trachea/tracheal obstruction, EMERGENCY

SOUND, gasping, person can not speak

wheezing

high-pitched, means that there is broncho-constriction, typical w/asthma

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