Respiration

Alternate Names
: Respiration
Definition
The words "respiratory" and "respiration" refer to the lungs and breathing.
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Respiration slowed or stopped; Not breathing; Respiratory arrest; Apnea
Home Care:
If a person has stopped breathing, emergency measures should be taken, and call for emergency help! Also see the information on CPR.
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Respiration is the act of breathing:
inhaling (inspiration) - taking in oxygen
exhaling (expiration) - giving off carbon dioxide
What makes up the respiratory system?
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Respirations: 2 for visible breathing and crying; 1 for slow, weak, irregular breathing; 0 for apnea, or no breathing. A crying newborn can adequately oxygenate its lungs.
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Respiration Disorders - Diseases of the respiratory system in general or unspecified or for a specific respiratory disease not available.
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respiration
The act or process of breathing. The process by which a living organism or cell takes in oxygen from the air or water and uses it.
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cell respiration
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars). Also called oxidative metabolism, aerobic metabolism, or aerobic respiration.
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A good respiration soothes the nerves; it stimulates the appetite and renders digestion more perfect; and it induces sound, refreshing sleep . . [If] an insufficient supply of oxygen is received, the blood moves sluggishly.
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flexor reflex; paradoxical incontinence; paradoxical movement of eyelids; paradoxical patellar reflex; paradoxical pulse; paradoxical pupil; paradoxical pupillary phenomenon; paradoxical pupillary reflex; paradoxical reflex; paradoxical respiration; ...
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Taking Vital Signs: These include the child's temperature, blood pressure, pulse (counting heartbeats), and respirations (counting breaths). A stethoscope is used to listen to the heart and lungs.
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Color is related to the neonate's ability to oxygenate its body and extremities, and is dependent on heart rate and respirations. A perfectly healthy newborn will often receive a score of 9 because of some blueness in the hands and feet.
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Complaints, and variations of heart beat and respiration were observed in each subject during the two hour experiment. After five days or more, these subjects had the same experience, but this time with music.
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This written, legal document spells out the types of medical treatments and life-sustaining measures you do and don't want, such as mechanical respiration and tube feeding.
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Ammonia is a product of waste from a fish’s excrement or respiration.
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The most important muscle of respiration is the abdominal diaphragm. This muscle connects to the lower ribs and separates the chest from the abdomen and the organs it contains.
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Many premature babies suffer from apnea, a periodic halt in breathing that seems to result from immaturity of the nerve pathways that control respiration.
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Your vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure) will be monitored and recorded throughout the procedure. You lie on your back on an examination table, bend your knees and slide your feet into two metal stirrups.
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TACHYPNEA: Increase in the rate of respiration.
TAT: One of the regulatory genes of HIV.
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Somatic death is characterized by the discontinuance of cardiac activity and respiration, and eventually leads to the death of all body cells from lack of oxygen, although for approximately six minutes after somatic death— ...
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Paced Respiration (Relaxation Therapy)
Pain (Chronic Pain)
Pain Management (Chronic Pain)
Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) (Relaxation Therapy) ...
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Rapid, labored, grunting respirations usually develop immediately or within a few hours after delivery, with retractions above and below the breastbone and flaring of the nostrils.
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If the infection is severe then admission to hospital may be needed particularly if respiration is affected when ventilation may be necessary. Those with paralysis can be helped to regain function in the affected limb or limbs with physiotherapy.
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Your heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, and respirations will be monitored during the procedure. If a local anesthetic is used, it will be injected into the skin and joint space.
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A person's basal metabolic rate is based on body functions such as respiration, digestion, heartbeat, and brain function. One's age, sex, body weight, and level of physical activity impact the basal metabolic rate.
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MITOCHONDRIA - A small intracellular organelle which is responsible for energy production and cellular respiration. See cytochrome.
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Dymedix sleep sensors Sensors used for diagnostic purposes in evaluating sleep disorders. Models: upper and lower respiration belt; limb movement sensor; Gemini sensor (breathing and snoring sensor). Mfg: Dymedix Corp.
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"What we found was that the children did burn more calories when they carried the weighted blocks," said Professor John Ozmun who led the research. "Their respiration and heart rates were higher as well." ...
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Tammilehto L, Maasilta P, Kostiainen S, et al.: Diagnosis and prognostic factors in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a retrospective analysis of sixty-five patients. Respiration 59 (3): 129-35, 1992. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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If you feel stress levels building up try to relax, breath deeply to bring your respiration back to normal.
Eat regular meals.
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medical journal editorial boards and reviewed articles for the distinguished Journal of the American Medical, Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Annals of Allergy Respiration, ...
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