Please help! Correct term for quiet breathing

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

What is the correct term for quiet breathing?

Is it respiration?

The textbook doesn't say any specific term for quiet breathing so I just guessed. (This was a fill-in-the-blank question.)

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I just checked the Taber's and the definition for quite breathing would most likely be Absent Respiration. The Def: Respiration in which respiratory sounds are suppressed.

I hope it helps!

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

Thanks. "Absent respiration" doesn't ring a bell at all, but hopefully I got at least one word right... Although it could be ventilation was the word they were looking for.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

When I looked up Ventilation there really was not any term specific for Quiet movement of air into and out of the lungs. Hummmm

Did you try some online resources?

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

Okay I googled "medical term quiet breathing" and found eup-ne-a (yoomacr.gifp-nemacr.gifprime.gifschwa.gif)n. Easy, free respiration, as is observed normally under resting conditions.

I have never heard this word before and it is not mentioned in the textbook but they have been known to put random questions on the test that come from nowhere.

Does ANYONE use this term on a regular basis?

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

Do you mean breathing that is normal? Or breathing that is too quiet?

Eupnea is a quiet, "normal" state of breathing.

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

Chaya,

Sorry I posted on top of you. I meant to add that I've never seen eupnea outside of a textbook or maybe a journal article.

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.
Chaya,

Sorry I posted on top of you. I meant to add that I've never seen eupnea outside of a textbook or maybe a journal article.

Thanks, that does seem to be the correct term. I checked the our textbook and it wasn't in there (not that that's ever stopped them before!)

So I guess I got this one wrong....

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okay i googled "medical term quiet breathing" and found eup-ne-a (yoomacr.gifp-nemacr.gifprime.gifschwa.gif)n. easy, free respiration, as is observed normally under resting conditions.

i have never heard this word before and it is not mentioned in the textbook but they have been known to put random questions on the test that come from nowhere.

does anyone use this term on a regular basis?

eup-ne-a (yoomacr.gifp-nemacr.gifprime.gifschwa.gif)n. easy, free respiration, as is observed normally under resting conditions. this makes me think that they are referring to normal respiration in which do not have any blockage, increased heart rate or simply just at rest breathing rate.

i looked up the term and it is not in my taber's. is it in your textbook?

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

i looked up the term and it is not in my taber's. is it in your textbook?

no, it wasn't and i don't know from where i should have known this term; i don't think it was covered in lecture either. but oh well, that's life.

i am going to do my best not to stress over this test. so far i know for sure i got 7 wrong (and three of those were answers that i had originally answered correctly!) but if i got the rest right i have a good chance of making an a.

wish me luck!!!!

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