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Cardiac/Respiratory
NOCTI practice
Question | Answer |
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anaphylactic | extreme hypersensitivity (allergic reaction) to a material that causes a person to go into shock or life threatening respiratory collapse |
arrhymthic | irregular rhythm or force of the heartbeat |
mitral valve prolapse | a heart problem in which the valve that separates the upper and lower chambers of the left side of the heart does not close properly |
pathologic | related to (or caused by) disease |
systolic | rhythmic contraction of the heart |
vasoconstriction | when epinephrine is injected into a blood vessel and constricts the vessel |