Respiratory Diagnostic Procedures

Question 1

I need to see the MAN TO tell me if I have/had tuberculosis, wow that really gets under my skin!

Answer 1

Mantaux (Manto)
Intradermal test to determine recent or past exposure to tuberculosis (TB)

Question 2

Polly really needed to get SOMe sleep, cause she can’t get No sleep.

Answer 2

polysomnography
(PSG)
sleep study test monitored by a technician while the patient sleeps; used to evaluate physical factors affecting sleep, such as heart rate and activity, breathing, eye and muscle movements, snoring, kicking during sleep, and sleep cycles and stages

Question 3

Incision into the trachea and creation of a permanent opening through which a tube is inserted to keep the opening patent (accessible or wide open)

Answer 3

tracheostomy

Question 4

Intradermal test to determine recent or past exposure to tuberculosis (TB)

Answer 4

mantaux test
manto

Question 5

Group of tests that measure the oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in an arterial blood sample

Answer 5

ABGs
arterial blood gases

Question 6

sleep study test monitored by a technician while the patient sleeps; used to evaluate physical factors affecting sleep, such as heart rate and activity, breathing, eye and muscle movements, snoring, kicking during sleep, and sleep cycles and stages

Answer 6

polysomnography
(PSG)
somn/o: sleep
-graphy: -process of recording

poly: many, much

Question 7

Various tests used to determine the capacity of the lungs to exchange O2 and CO2 efficiently

Answer 7

pulmonary function tests (PFTs)

Question 8

Common lung function test that measures and records the volume and rate of inhaled and exhaled air; used to assess pulmonary function by means of a spirometer and to assess obstructive lung diseases, especially asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Answer 8

spirometry

-metry: act of measuring

spir/o: to breathe

Question 9

Basic emergency procedure for life support, consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac massage

Answer 9

cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardi/o: heart
pulmon: lung
-ary: pertaining to

Question 10

Procedure in which an airway catheter is inserted through the mouth or nose into the trachea just above the bronchi in patients who are unable to breathe on their own; also used to administer oxygen, medication, or anesthesia

Answer 10

endotracheal intubation

trache: trachea (windpipe)
-al: pertaining to

endo-: in, within

Question 11

Use of body positioning to assist in the removal of secretions from specific lobes of the lung, bronchi, or lung cavities

Answer 11

postural drainage

Question 12

Use of a needle to collect pleural fluid for laboratory analysis or to remove excess pleural fluid or air from the pleural space

Answer 12

thoracocentesis

-centesis: surgical puncture

thorac/o: chest

Question 13

I have a test today to see if my CO2 and O2 in my lungs are playing nice together and sharing with eachother, oh a Proper Friendship Test?

Answer 13

Pulmonary Function Test
Various tests used to determine the capacity of the lungs to exchange O2 and CO2 efficiently