respirator (redirected from Respirators)

respirator /res·pi·ra·tor/ (res´pĭ-ra″ter) ventilator (2).

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cuirass respirator  see under ventilator.

Drinker respirator  popularly, “iron lung”: an apparatus formerly in wide use for producing artificial respiration over long periods of time, consisting of a metal tank, enclosing the patient's body, with the head outside, and within which artificial respiration is maintained by alternating negative and positive pressure.

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res·pi·ra·tor (rsp-rtr)

n.

1. A device that supplies oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide for breathing, used especially in artificial respiration. Also called inhalator, ventilator.

2. A screenlike device worn over the mouth or nose or both to protect the respiratory tract.

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respirator

[res′pirā′tər]

Etymology: L, respirare

an apparatus used to modify air for inspiration or to improve pulmonary ventilation. The term is commonly used to mean a ventilator. See also IPPB unit, nebulizer.

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respirator (res´pirātur),

n an apparatus that qualifies the air breathed through it; a device for giving artificial respiration.

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respirator

a device for giving artificial respiration or to assist in pulmonary ventilation. See also ventilator.

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respirator shock

circulatory shock due to interference with the flow of blood through the great vessels and chambers of the heart, causing pooling of blood in the veins and the abdominal organs and a resultant vascular collapse. The condition sometimes occurs as a result of increased intrathoracic pressure in patients who are being maintained on a mechanical ventilator.

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respirator

A device used to facilitate respiration. See BagEasy respirator, HEPA respirator.

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Patient discussion about Respirators.

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Q. Help her to breathe. My sixteen year old cousin (girl) who is wondering if she is suffering from asthma, anxiety or both. She is thin, healthy girl and have been very worried She have asthma and have been thinking about it constantly. When she exercise, she get more out of breath, more worn out, and her heart beats faster than other people. Sometimes her chest hurts, but people tell me that is from my chest muscles being worked. She get a little dizzy also. When she go to bed at night sometimes it seems hard to breathe. She can take a deep breath and everything but it seems hard or something. I know there isn't anything wrong with my heart because she had an EKG done recently and chest x-rays. That was fine. When it is hot humid and muggy outside she find it hard to breath. Do you think she have asthma. She don't have any coughing or any known wheezing. Could thinking about every breath she take seem like she have asthma? She really want to know and me too, what is going on! Please help her to breathe!!!!

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