Eight diagnostic techniques‚ treatments‚ and procedures related to the respiratory system. 1. Bronchoscopy is a type of procedure to see the airways to the lung (bronchi) or the lung. A small tube will be insert through the nose (or mouth) till it reaches the bronchi. The doctor can examine the upper airways‚ the larynx‚ trachea‚ and the bronchi. Usually the patient is under anesthesia‚ or took a type of medicine to help to relax. This type of procedure is used for multiple reasons. Examples: To
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continuing to affect people world-wide. It is described by an inflammation in the airways of the lungs‚ caused by an irritant that triggers a release of histamines and leukotrienes in a person. Histamines and leukotrienes cause smooth muscle to constrict and mucus to be produced. In a person without asthma‚ airways are not inflamed or blocked and breathing is normal. In a person with asthma‚ the airways of the lungs are inflamed and blocked by mucus‚ which prevents normal breathing. They may experience symptoms
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..... (1) (ii) Explain how you would calculate the volume of air taken into the lungs in one minute. .......................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................... (1) One way in which hospitals test how well the lungs are working is to measure the gas transfer factor. This is done by measuring the uptake
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and heart attacks. If you try to do activities like exercise or play sports‚ your heart has to work harder to keep up. Lungs Smokers have trouble breathing because smoking damages the lungs. If you have asthma‚ you can have more frequent and more serious attacks. Smoking causes a lot of coughing with phlegm (mucous). Tobacco can cause emphysema (lung disease) and lung cancer. Skin Smoking causes dry‚ yellow skin and wrinkles. The smell sticks to your skin. Muscles Less blood and
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mechanical ventilation‚ associated or not with haemodynamic instability‚ and its application fields are widening to refractory sepsis and also to elective thoracic procedures. ECMO is replacing conventional cardio-pulmonary by-pass (CPB) even during lung transplantation due to its potential advantages: the absence of full-anticoagulation and the possibility of maintaining the extra-corporeal support even in the post-operative period. An emergent role of ECMO is the intraoperative support during complex
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Inhalant anaesthesia in dorsal recumbency can result in hypoventilation and in the development of intrapulmonary shunts (Oura et al. 2012). The respiratory dysfunction is associated with formation of atelectasis in dependent lung areas‚ which can impair pulmonary compliance‚ gas exchange and oxygenation (Staffieri et al. 2007; De Monte et al. 2013). Such alterations may be prevented by using mechanical ventilation‚ which can be adjusted in terms of fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2)‚ positive end-expiratory
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organs are the Lungs‚ Trachea‚ Bronchi‚ and the Diaphragm. The lungs are considered the main organ of the system. It takes in the oxygen and releases the carbon dioxide. How this happens is the red blood cells take oxygen to the body and take the carbon dioxide to the lungs‚ and this allows us to breath. The trachea cleans the air that we breathe in‚ it works as a filter. This filter flows into the bronchi‚ which is the next organ. The bronchi carries the air into the lungs‚ this is the
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my chemistry mentor abcd ‚ for his vital support‚ guidance and encouragement -without which this project would not have come forth. fermentation of the following fruit or vegetable juices. i. Apple juice ii. Carrot juice (1) INTRODUCTION to the topic Fermentation is the slow decomposition of complex organic compound into simpler compounds by the action of enzymes. Enzymes
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gentlemen. It seems that there is a problem.” After listening to the command center‚ Lyndsay comes back to tell her passengers: “Well ladies and gentlemen‚ it seems as if our patient here has a bacterial pneumonia in the lower lobe of her right lung. Would you guys like to see how our immune system fights off this infection? You would? Great! Let’s get
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going to start at the femoral vein and end up in her lungs. After we have explored her lungs we will then travel through her body to exit out through her nose. Warning!!! Warning!!! There is something going on and we are in for a surprise. It seems like bacteria has got into Mary’s lower lobe of her right lung. As we already know Mary is healthy‚ so we need to figure out what is going on. In our next step through Mary’s femoral vein to her lungs we are going to document the invasion. Everyone sit
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