N117 Oxygenation Questions & Correct Answers | Grade A+

Splinting : applying pressure when coughing to reduce pain pleaural rub : lungs rubbing against pleurae, often painful, sounds like someone rubbing a balloon tripodding : sit on side of bed to make it wasier to breathe: opens up posterior side of lungs alterations due to atelectasis : - dec gas exchange and inc work of breathing - dec elastic recoil in lungs - dec in skeletal muscle in thorax effects of decreased elastic recoil in lungs : decreased ventilation and ineffective cough - decreased air exchage = more secretions in lungs - medications 2 atelectasis : collapsed alveoli in part or all of lungs atelectasis prevents... : pressure change and exchange of gas by diffusion pathophysiology of atelectasis : due to compression(tumor), airway obstruction, decreased surfactant production, or progressive regional hypoventilation risk factors for atelectasis