cardiopulmonary

cardiopulmonary /car·dio·pul·mo·nary/ (kahr″de-o-pool´mah-nar-e) pertaining to the heart and lungs.

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car·di·o·pul·mo·nar·y (kärd--plm-nr, -pl-)

adj.

Of, relating to, or involving both the heart and the lungs.

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Cardiopulmonary

Relating to the heart and the lungs.

Mentioned in: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Life Support

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cardiopulmonary

[-pul′məner′ē]

Etymology: Gk, kardia + L, pulmo, lung

pertaining to the heart and lungs.

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cardiopulmonary,

adj pertaining to the heart and lungs.

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),

n a basic emergency procedure for life support, consisting of mainly manual external cardiac massage and some artificial respiration.

cardiovascular disease (CVD),

n any one of a number of abnormal conditions that involve dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels, including but not limited to systemic hypertension, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and rheumatic heart disease.

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cardiopulmonary

pertaining to the heart and lungs.

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cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA)

cessation of effective external respiration and beating of the heart. The common causes in animals are inadequate ventilation, caused by general anesthetic, thoracic trauma, airway obstruction, and impediments to movement of the lung, thoracic wall or diaphragm, acidemia, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, or extreme changes in body temperature (hypothermia, hyperthermia).

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

the re-establishment of heart and lung action. The basic steps are: Airway, Breathing, Circulation. A patent airway must be established and maintained; any obstruction is relieved and an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube inserted. Adequate ventilation with oxygen is provided by intermittent positive pressure and, if required, cardiac (chest) compression or massage is commenced.

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Patient discussion about cardiopulmonary.

Q. Heart serious, Lungs swollen. My brother Bennet, seventeen, and it is birthday tomorrow. But I guess he already got his seventeenth birthday present: lupus. He is recently diagnosed with lupus, yet some complications are still under-diagnosed. He have always had huge aspirations. Now, as my health deterioates at a weird rate, he can't walk around. His heart is in serious condition, his lungs are swollen, so are his joints. His voice is almost not there and he is, thinking about his eighteenth birthday. His face is swollen, as some gland in his neck has bloated and somehow he don't enjoy what he see in the mirror he says. He is very sensitive to sunlight and so he stay in for all day and when he decide to go out, it is after 8 or 9 p.m. He is despondent, yes. Because he see his dreams shattering, his family life is breaking apart and he feels as if he is getting more useless EVERY single day. How long will he continue? Maybe another thirty years...maybe not another day. Could anyone help him to SURV

A. Sorry to hear about your brother being so miserable with his symptoms, and the apparent distress it understandably is causing you.

With sunlight bothering him, that is called photophobia and is a symptom of certain types of lupus, or can be an effect from a medication he may be taking. The swelling on his neck may be due to hyperthyroidism, asthma, or an allergic reaction perhaps to prednisone, which is given to lupus patients.

You should get your bother to see a doctor soon, if you have not already. You don't want him to stop breathing or anything.

Dan