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What is the terminology for a drug that opens up the bronchial tubes?
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What are all the uses of plastic tubes?
Plastic tubes can be used in good ways and bad harmful ways. They are used in hospitals to run an IV in a patient, that's the good way. Unfortunately, there may be a drug addict using it in a harmful way. It can be used however you choose. Hopefully it will be in good way.
What is the medical term for spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes?
The medical term is "hemoptysis," which is officially defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus from some part of the respiratory tract". This is different from blood that comes from the stomach, for example.Hemo- is a prefix meaning blood (from the Greek word haima, blood) and ptysis is the Greek word for spitting.The most common cause of hemoptysis is bronchitis. Other common causes include cystic fibrosis, drug use (such as cocaine), emphysema, foreign body, lung cancer, parasitic infection, pneumonia, trauma to the chest, and tuberculosis.hemoptysis(hee-MOP-tih-sis) is coughing up of bloodstained sputum derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as the result of pulminary or bronchial hemorrhage.(hem/o means blood, and -ptysis means spitting.HemoptysisHemoptysishemoptysisHemoptysisHemoptysisThe literal term for this is hemoptysis. If there is bleeding from the airways or lungs the sputum becomes blood tinged. This is more serious. If a person spits blood it can be due to bleeding inside the mouth or nose.
Who is most likely to aspirate?
Aspiration is most likely to occur in patients who are unconscious or semiconscious due to anesthesia, seizures, alcohol and drug abuse, or stroke. Patients who have problems swallowing or coughing, or who have nasogastric tubes in place are also at risk
What would the German use instead of tablespoon to measure?
Go to a drug store / pharmacy and buy one of those tubes with spoons on the end used mostly for giving liquid medicine to kids. A Tablespoon is about the same volume as 15 ml.
Drug addicts require larger amounts of the drug to create a dopamine flood, or high This effect is known as what?
Drug addicts require higher doses of the drug to which they are addicted because they develop tolerance for the drug.
A drug used to increase the secretions and mucus from the bronchial tubes is called?
expectorant
How do doctors treat bronchitis?
Drug therapy uses bronchodilators to relax the muscles of the bronchial tubes and allow increased airflow.
What category of drug is Montelukast?
This comes under mast cell stabilizer. This drug is used to prevent the attack of bronchial asthma.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning drug?
Etio- is the medical terminology combining form meaning cause of disease.etio
How do you spell turbutalene?
The correct spelling of the generic drug name is terbutaline (bronchial dilator).
What does the drug FDA stand for?
Food and Drug Administration ( pharmacy Terminology)
Are narcotics generally drugs or a specific drug?
"Narcotic" is a legal term. At one time, it was used in medical terminology.
WHAT I EPHEDRINE?
a crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages, and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
Can fallopian tubes blocked at the entrance be cleared by drug induced menstruation?
No, menstruation will not clear fallopian tubes blocked at the entrance.
What can the incorrect adminstration methods of enteral formulas lead to?
It can lead to clogged feeding tubes, decreased drug effectiveness, an increase of adverse effects and drug-formula incompatibilities.
Drug terminology Sour Diesel Train Wreck?
Well i know sour diesel and train wreck are strands of weed and train wreck is also a street name for the hallucinogenic drug Datura
How do inhalers help them breathe?
inhalers contains a drug that makes muscles relax, so the breathing tubes widen again
