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How to Verify a Pulse Oximeter
A pulse oximeter measures a person's pulse (heart rate) and the amount of oxygen in his blood (saturation). A typical reading might be a pulse of 68 beats per minute and an oxygen saturation of 97...
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How to Increase the Maximum Length of Extension Tubing for Oxygen Concentrators
Supplemental oxygen is administered to increase oxygen saturation in the bloodstream, whether used short-term after an acute illness or surgical procedure or long-term for chronic respiratory...
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How to Calculate the Results From a Spirometer Lab
Spirometry, the measurement of volumes of air moving into and out of the respiratory system, helps doctors detect and treat respiratory diseases. A spirometer contains a mouthpiece attached to a volume...
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Speaking valves are devices that restore the dignity of spoken communication to some individuals forced to use tracheostomy tubes. A health care professional, trained family member or the individual...
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How to Decongest Using a Bowl of Hot Water
Congestion, whether seasonal, situational or due to a medical condition can cause you to feel under the weather. Clearing a stuffy head, blocked sinuses or even just simple upper respiratory congestion...
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Capoeira Lunges
African slaves in Brazil developed a system of fighting techniques that could be disguised as dance. The resulting art form -- capoeira -- is mesmerizing to watch and challenging to perform. The basic...
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Lunge Vs. Stepup
Lunges and stepups are similar exercises that target most of the same muscles. The basic lunge and stepup can each be performed as a body-weight exercise, but you can also add weights to either...
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Can Exercise Repair Your Lungs Faster When You Stop Smoking?
Smoking can contribute to a vast array of health issues including circulatory disorders, stroke, heart attack and emphysema. However, in an article in the 2006 journal "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers...
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What Are the Dangers of Mouth Breathing?
Normal breathing consists of inhaling and exhaling through the nose; mouth breathing occurs when oxygen no longer effectively flows through the nasal passage. Mouth breathing indicates that something...
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COPD & Social Security Disability
Social Security's disability insurance will pay a monthly benefit if you suffer from a chronic illness that prevents you from finding or keeping gainful employment. You pay for the insurance with your...
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What Are the Parts of a Spirometer?
A spirometer is a medical tool used to measure the amount of air a person pushes out of their lungs while exhaling. It can be used both as a diagnostic tool and as a mode of treatment to improve the...
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How to Raise Your Blood Oxygen Level
Oxygen is a gas necessary to support human life. The human body uses oxygen as a source of energy. "Blood oxygen level" and "oxygen saturation" are terms used interchangeably to describe the...
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Causes of Coughing After Eating or Drinking
At some point or another, most people have experienced an episode of coughing following a meal or having a drink. While the rare or occasional coughing fit may be uncomfortable or even embarrassing, it...
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How to Keep an Oxygen Line From Tangling
Supplemental oxygen is often required following an illness or chronic disease. It is stored in a tank and delivered into the nose through cannula -- small tubes that fit in each nostril. Tubing...
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How to Position for Postural Drainage
Illness and chronic disease can cause mucus to accumulate in the lungs, making breathing difficult. Coughing is not always enough to remove excess mucus from the lungs. Postural drainage is a technique...
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How to Calculate Spirometry Measurements
Spirometry is a medical assessment tool that measures the amount of air that can be inhaled and exhaled by the lungs. It is used to diagnose respiratory conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive...
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How to Report a Negative PPD Test
A PPD -- purified protein derivative -- test is a skin test for tuberculosis, also known as the Mantoux test or tuberculin skin test (TST). A tiny amount of the protein derivative is injected just...
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Types of Klebsiella
Klebsiella belongs to the family of bacteria known as Enterobacteriaceae. It was discovered in the 19th century by the biologist Edwin Klebs and has recently become an important source of infections in...
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How to Calculate a CPIS Score
The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score is an algorithm used to determine the pre-test probability of a ventilated patient being infected with a ventilator-associated pneumonia to decide whether there...
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How to Write an ABG
Doctors use an arterial blood gas (ABG) test to determine a patient's ability to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide. The ABG test results indicate the pH, partial pressure of carbon dioxide and...
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