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June 20, 2013

Pulmonary Edema Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Pulmonary Edema article.

Abnormal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acute: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Alveoli: See the definition from MedTerms.com

ARDS: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Artery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aspirin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

B-type natriuretic peptide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood clot: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Brain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breathing: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Capillaries: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carbon dioxide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiac: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Catheter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Chest X-ray: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cocaine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Congestive heart failure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dialysis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diuretic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dizziness: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dyspnea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Eclampsia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Edema: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Effusion: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Embolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Essential: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fatigue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Heart failure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hemorrhage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heroin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

High altitude: See the definition from MedTerms.com

High altitude pulmonary edema: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hormone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypoxia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

ICU: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intensive care: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Internal medicine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intracranial: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Kidney: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Liter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Marker: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Medical history: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Methadone: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Natriuretic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Natriuretic peptide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Neck: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Neurogenic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Onset: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Outpatient: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Oxygen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Oxygenation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Peptide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Plasma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pleural: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pleural effusion: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumothorax: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary artery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary artery catheter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary edema: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary embolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiograph: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Respiratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Risk factor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rule out: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sepsis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shortness of breath: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stethoscope: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Swan-Ganz catheter: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Symptom: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tachypnea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Trauma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Unilateral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vertebral column: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vessel: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

X-ray: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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