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341 respiratory and neonatal care terms with definitions.
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A
Aorticopulmonary septum
Apgar Score
Apnea
Apnea of infancy (AOI)
Apnea of prematurity (AOP)
Apparent life-threatening event (ALTE)
Arachidonic acid
Arterial blood gas
Assist control ventilation
Asthma
Asthma action plan
Asthma education
Asthma triggers
Atelectasis
Atelectrauma
Atomizer
Atrial bulge
Atrioventricular septal defect
Atypical or new bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Azoospermia
B
B2 agonist
Baffle
Ballard Score
Barium swallow
Barotrauma
Benchmarking
Betamimetic
Bilateral choanal atresia
Biophysical profile (BPP)
Blastocyst
Breath-actuated nebulizer (BAN)
Breath-enhanced nebulizers
Bronchial fremitus
E
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant
Exudative effusion
F
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
Fetal fibronectin (fFN)
Fetal lung fluid
Fine-particle fraction (FPF)
Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Flow–volume loop
Focal biliary cirrhosis
Fontanel
Fontan procedure
Foramen ovale
Functional residual capacity
Funnel chest
G
Gastroschisis
Gentle ventilation
Geometric standard deviation (GSD)
Germinal matrix
Glasgow Coma Scale score
Glenn procedure
Global Lung Initiative
Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
Grunting
H
Head bobbing
Health Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (HFMEA)
High-frequency percussive ventilation
High-frequency ventilation
High position
High-reliability organization (HRO)
Hila
Hirsutism
Home assessment
Horizontal fissure
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Humidified high-flow nasal oxygen
Hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)
Hydrops fetalis
Hygromas
Hyperinflation therapy
Hypertonic
Hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Hypothermia
Hypoxemia
Hypoxia
I
Ileus
Impulse oscillometry
Indirect calorimeter
Inhaled mass
Inhaled nitric oxide
Inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Intimal mounds
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
J
Just culture
K
Kaizen
Kyphosis
L
Lamellar bodies
Laminaria tent
Lanugo
Laryngeal web
Laryngomalacia
Lean method
Left-to-right shunt
Leukocytosis
Leukopenia
Listeria monocytogenes
Low-birth-weight (LBW) infant
Lower airway
Lower inflection point
Low-flow oxygen therapy
Low-frequency ventilation
Low position
Low tidal volume ventilation
Lung compliance
Lung transplantation
M
Macrosomia
Mainstream capnography
Major fissures
Malpractice
Mass effect
Mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD)
Maximal respiratory pressures
Medial basal segment
Medical errors
Medical home
Medication reconciliation
Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS)
Mesoderm
Metabolic rate
Methemoglobin
Methemoglobinemia
Micrognathia
Microvascular permeability
Midline catheter
Minimal leakage technique
Mitochondrial myopathy
Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2)
Mode of ventilation
Morbidity
Mortality
Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)
Myasthenia gravis
Myopathy
Myotonic dystrophy
N
Nasogastric tube (NG tube)
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
Neonatology
Nephrocalcinosis
Neurodevelopmental
Neurofibromatosis
Neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA)
Neuroplasticity
Neutropenia
Nitric oxide (NO)
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
Nonstress test (NST)
Norwood procedure
O
Oblique fissure
Oligohydramnios
Omphalocele
Open lung strategy
Oxygen consumption
Oxygen delivery
Oxygen hood
Oxygen therapy
Oxygenation index
Oxyhemoglobin
Oxytocin
P
Papilledema
Parenteral
Parietal pleura
Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood
Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pectus carinatum
Pedunculated
Pediatric advanced life support (PALS)
Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)
Peak inspiratory pressure (PIP)
Pericardial effusion
Perinatal
Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
Peripheral cyanosis
Permissive hypercapnia
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)
Pharyngeal
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacology
Pharyngitis
Phlebitis
Physiologic dead space
Physiologic shunt
Picrotoxin
Piperacillin
Pleurisy
Pneumomediastinum
Pneumonia
Pneumopericardium
Pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumoperitoneum
Pneumothorax
Poliomyelitis
Polyhydramnios
Portal hypertension
Position
Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy
Postductal
Postductal oxygen saturation
Potter’s syndrome/sequence
Precipitous delivery
Precursor
Preductal
Preductal oxygen saturation
Preeclampsia
Premature delivery
Premature rupture of membranes (PROM)
Pressure ventilation
Pressurized metered-dose inhaler
Primary germ layers
Pulmonary compliance
Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary surfactant
Pulse oximetry
Pyrexia
Q
Quiet sleep
R
Radiant warmer
Radiography
Receptor
Reflux
Respiratory acidosis
Respiratory alkalosis
Respiratory arrest
Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Reticulocyte
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
Retropharyngeal cellulitis
Rh isoimmunization
Right atrial pressure
Right-to-left shunt
Roller pump
Root cause analysis (RCA)
Rule of nines
S
Saccules
Safe harbor
Saline lock
Saturation
Saxagliptin
Scaphoid abdomen
Scapula
Scarlet fever
Scarring
Sclera
Scoliosis
Screening
Scrotum
Seborrheic dermatitis
Sedation
Seizure
Sepsis
Serum
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
Sexually transmitted infection (STI)
Shunt
Sickle cell disease
Simple face mask
Sinusitis
Six Sigma
Spacer
Specific airway conductance
Spinal muscular atrophy
Spine sign
Spirometry
Status epilepticus
Steatorrhea
Sternocleidomastoids
Strabismus
Stretor
Stridor
Subcutaneous emphysema
Subgaleal hemorrhage
Suctioning
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Support ventilation
Surface tension
Surfactant
Surfactant proteins
Surfactant replacement therapy
Sweep gas
Sympathomimetic
Syphilis
T
Tactile fremitus
Tension pneumothorax
Tension time index
Teratogen
Tetralogy of Fallot
Therapeutic gas mixtures
Tocolytic
Tolerance
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
Tracheitis
Tracheostomy
Transcutaneous oxygen monitoring (TCOM)
Transcutaneous pacemaker
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
Tricuspid atresia
Truncus arteriosus
Tympanometry
U
Umbilical artery catheter (UAC)
Umbilical vein catheter (UVC)
Unilateral choanal atresia
Upper airway
Ureterocele
Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ)
Urethritis
V
Vaccine
Vagus nerve
Valvuloplasty
Vancomycin
Vasculitis
Vasodilator
Vasopressor
Venipuncture
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Vernix caseosa
Very low birth weight (VLBW) infant
Vestibular system
Viral load
Vocal cord dysfunction
Volume median diameter (VMD)
Volume ventilation
W
Weaning
West Nile virus (WNV)
Wheezing
Work of breathing (WOB)
X
X-linked
X-ray
Y
Yolk sac
Z
Zinc
Zygote