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Health Care Spanish Newsletter - Dec 01, 2015

In This Issue
  • Anatomy chart: 
    • The Lung
  • Vocabulary:
    • Respiration
  • Pathological Types 
    • of Ventilation

 

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Respiratory rate or Breathing Frequency:
The number of breathes taken in one minute.		 Frecuencia Respiratoria o Ventilatoria:
El número de respiraciones tomadas en un minuto.
Breaths per minute (bpm) Respiraciones por minuto (rpm)
Eupnea: Normal breathing, 12-20 bpm Eupnea: Respiración normal, 12-20 rpm.
Bradypnea: Less than 12 bpm Bradipnea: Menos de 12 rpm
Tachypnea: More than 20 bpm Taquipnea: Más de 20 rpm
Dyspnea or Shortness of breath:
Feelings associated with impaired breathing.		 Disnea:
Sensación subjetiva de dificultad respiratoria.
Apnea: Temporary suspension of breathing. Apnea: Suspensión transitoria de la respiración,
Hyperpnea: Increased depth of breathing. Hiperpnea: Aumento de la profundidad de la respiración.
Hypopnea: Overly shallow breathing. Hipopnea: Disminución del flujo aéreo.
Orthopnea: Shortness of breath when lying flat. Ortopnea: Disnea en posición decúbito supino.
Platypnea:
Shortness of breath in standing of sitting position.		 Platipnea:
Disnea en posición vertical o erecta.
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea:
Attacks of severe shortness of breath and coughing that occur at night and awaken
the patient.		 Disnea Paroxística Nocturna:
Ataques de disnea que ocurren durante la noche
y despiertan al paciente, forzándolo a tomar
la posición ortopneica.
 

  • Cheyne-Stokes Respiration: 
    • There’s a gradual increase in the frequency and depth of breathing, which then gradually decreases until reaching a period of apnea.
  • Biot’s Respiration:
    • Groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea.
  • Kussmaul Respiration:
    • Classic hyperpnea with a normal or slightly elevated respiratory rate.
  • Respiración de Cheyne-Stokes:
    • Hay un aumento gradual en la frecuencia y amplitud de las respiraciones, para luego disminuir hasta apnea.
  • Respiración de Biot:
    • Ventilación entrecortada, irregular, de amplitud variable y con periodos de apnea.
  • Respiración de Kussmaul:
    • Clásica hiperpnea con una frecuencia respiratoria normal o un poco aumentada.
 
 


 

 

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