| APRV | airway pressure release ventilation |
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| APTI | airway pressure time index |
| AR | absolute risk; accounts receivable; achievement ratio; actinic reticuloid [syndrome]; active resista... |
| ARI | acute respiratory illness; airway reactivity index; anxiety reaction, intense |
| ASM | acid sphingomyelinase; airway smooth muscle; American Society for Microbiology; anterior scalenus mu... |
| airway r. |
the opposition of the tracheobronchial tree to air flow: the mouth-to-alveoli pressure difference divided by the air flow. Symbol RA or RAW.
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| airway clearance, ineffective |
Inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract to maintain a patent airway. SEE: Nursing Diagnoses Appendix.
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| airway conductance |
ABBR: G. The amount of airflow divided by the amount of pressure that produces it; a measure of the ability of the respiratory airways to maintain airflow.
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| airway stent |
A tube or catheter used as a scaffold to keep an airway open. It is used, e.g., to maintain the patency of a trachea or bronchus that has collapsed as a result of compression by neighboring tissues.
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| airway |
An air route marked by aids to air navigation, such as beacons, radio ranges and direction-finding equipment, and along which airports are located.
출처: www.pgparks.com/places/historic/cpam/5vocab.html
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