Cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation respiratory practitioners and physical therapists treat a wide variety of individuals with cardiopulmonary disorders or those who have had cardiac or pulmonary surgery.

Internationally, respiratory therapists that provide lung function testing are termed respiratory scientists, but in North America they may be a respiratory therapist or may also be a certified pulmonary function technician in the United States.

In the hospital setting, respiratory therapists evaluate, treat and assist with the diagnosis of cardiopulmonary diseases.

In the United States, respiratory therapists with certification as Registered Respiratory Therapists evaluate and treat patients with a great deal of autonomy under the direction of a pulmonologist.

In facilities that maintain critical care transport teams respiratory therapists are a preferred addition to all types of surface or air transport.

In other settings respiratory therapists are found in schools as asthma educators, working with teachers and coaches about childhood symptoms of asthma and how to spot an emergency.

In the United States, legislation has been introduced several times to allow respiratory therapists certified as asthma specialists with registered respiratory therapist certification to prescribe and manage previously diagnosed respiratory patients in physician clinics.

In sleep clinics, respiratory therapists work with physicians in the diagnosis of sleep-related illnesses.

All United States neonatal intensive care units with a level 2 or greater designation are required to have dedicated respiratory therapists to that intensive care unit in order to maintain accreditation from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation involves therapies and evaluations by respiratory therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists.

In the United States and Canada, respiratory therapists are healthcare professionals who, after receiving a degree in respiratory medicine or respiratory science complete a credentialing process.

In the United States, specialist respiratory therapists are clinicians who hold specialized credentials in a specific field of study, such as an Asthma Educator or a Neonatal & Pediatric Transport Specialist.

In many countries this recognition is in a transition stage ; as an example, in 2011, hospitals in Beijing, China began a recruitment drive to acquire respiratory therapists for their intensive care units where previously nurses were the only clinician.

Registration as a full member is optional for respiratory therapists living in regulated provinces, however, for respiratory therapists living in non-regulated provinces, registration as a full member with the CSRT is compulsory.

Registered respiratory therapists in Canada earned between $ 49, 173 CDN to $ 120, 386 CDN annually in 2010.

In Philippines respiratory therapists are clinicians who have been awarded at minimum a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care degree.

Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures.

Although his many anatomical experiments on animal models led him to a more complete understanding of the circulatory system, nervous system, respiratory system and other structures, his work was not without scientific inaccuracies.

In ayurveda, valerian is considered to work on the nervous, digestive, and respiratory systems as a stimulant, antispasmodic, stomachic, sedative, analeptic, carminative, and nervine.

He was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and was told by doctors to rest and not work for a period of at least six months.

Common respiratory signs are tachypnea ( increased rate of breathing ) and increased work of breathing ( non-specific signs of respiratory distress ).

Allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and dietitians, also generally work in secondary care, accessed through either patient self-referral or through physician referral.

* Increased work of breathing as evidenced by significant tachypnea, retractions, and other physical signs of respiratory distress

Firstly, work of breathing is increased as adipose tissue restricts the normal movement of the chest muscles and makes the chest wall less compliant, the diaphragm moves less effectively, respiratory muscles are fatigued more easily, and airflow in and out of the lung is impaired by excessive tissue in the head and neck area.

Bronchiectasis may also be diagnosed without CT scan confirmation if clinical history clearly demonstrates frequent respiratory infections as well as confirmation of an underlying problem via blood work and sputum culture samples.

Joseph Barcroft, a respiratory physiologist, suggested he might make a comparative protein crystallographic study of adult and fetal sheep hemoglobin, and he started that work.

Some problems, including former teacher Mark Bodenheimer's respiratory problems, have been reported — he accepted a transfer to The Bronx High School of Science after having difficulty continuing his work at Stuyvesant.

Later stages of the illness will present with respiratory symptoms with increased work of breathing, and is often mistaken for asthma.

* During inspiration, the inspiratory positive airway pressure, or IPAP, forces air into the lungs — thus less work is required from the respiratory muscles.

Thus, mechanical ventilation is initiated to relieve respiratory muscles of their work, and to protect the usually obtunded patient's airways.

Unfortunately, this is not true of less developed countries where work conditions are poor and respiratory equipment is seldom used.

Its aim was to undertake laboratory and epidemiological research on the common cold, with a view to reducing its human and economic costs ; common colds account for a third of all acute respiratory infections and the economic costs are substantial in terms of days off work.

He studied at the Ecole des Hautes-Etudes and his first scientific work was on the respiratory organs of dragonfly larvae.

Austin, Texas graphic designer Baxter Orr did his own take on Fairey's work: a piece called Protect, with the iconic Obey Giant face covered by a SARS ( respiratory ) mask.

He was ordered to work for two years as alternative service, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was a respiratory therapist and a chief pulmonary technologist until 1987.

Children and adults with chronic dry cough, increased work of breathing ( fast respiratory rate, shortness of breath at rest or with activities ) and absence of an infectious process to explain respiratory symptoms should be evaluated for interstitial lung disease or another intrapulmonary process.

Certain other properties of small particles, in addition to those already mentioned in connection with penetration of the respiratory tract, are noteworthy in defense considerations.

It does, as in type 1,, supply the hilar lymph nodes, the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein, the bronchi, and the bronchioles -- terminating in a common capillary bed with the pulmonary artery at the level of the respiratory bronchiole.

Optic ataxia is usually part of Balint's syndrome, but can be seen in isolation with injuries to the superior parietal lobule, as it represents a disconnection between visual-association cortex and the frontal premotor and motor cortex, and ataxic respiration ( lack of coordination in respiratory movements, usually due to dysfunction of the respiratory centres in the medulla oblongata ).

The pneumonic plague infects the lungs, and with that infection comes the possibility of person-to-person transmission through respiratory droplets.

The initial symptoms of headache, weakness, and coughing with blood ( hemoptysis ), or vomiting blood ( hematemesis ), are indistinguishable from several other respiratory illnesses.

Similarly, dry cement powder in contact with mucous membranes can cause severe eye or respiratory irritation.

* Protect vital signs by monitoring ABCs, or Airway, Breathing, and Circulation ; that is, if the person is thought to be at risk for severe respiratory depression, consider an endotracheal tube to protect the airway and assist with breathing.

Some dairy products such as blue cheese may become contaminated with the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus during ripening, which can trigger asthma and other respiratory problems in susceptible individuals.

: Additional features that are seen in significant numbers of patients with Dravet syndrome may include sensory integration disorders and other autism spectrum characteristics, orthopedic or movement disorders, frequent or chronic upper respiratory and ear infections, sleep disturbance, dysautonomia, and problems with growth and nutrition.

Mixing hydrocodone with alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, methylphenidate, benzodiazapines, barbiturates, and a number of other medications can have severe adverse reactions including but not limited to heart failure, heart attack, respiratory distress, pulmonary failure, liver or kidney failure, jaundice, amnesia, seizures, blackouts, and coma.

Most notably, ethanol increases the risk of respiratory depression when combined with hydrocodone containing compounds.

The respiratory effects are most serious, requiring immediate contact with health provider.

Opportunistic disease may be caused by microbes that are ordinarily in contact with the host, such as pathogenic bacteria or fungi in the gastrointestinal or the upper respiratory tract, and they may also result from ( otherwise innocuous ) microbes acquired from other hosts ( as in Clostridium difficile colitis ) or from the environment as a result of traumatic introduction ( as in surgical wound infections or compound fractures ).

* 1963 – The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.

Up to 10 % of infants with parents affected by the condition are born with transient ( periodic ) neonatal myasthenia ( TNM ), which generally produces feeding and respiratory difficulties.

In patients with generalized MG, there is some evidence that a partial home program including training in diaphragmatic breathing, pursed lip breathing, and interval based IMT may improve respiratory muscle strength, chest wall mobility, respiratory pattern, and respiratory endurance.

On July 1, 2004, Brando died of respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis with congestive heart failure at the UCLA Medical Center.

Activation of the μ-opioid receptors is associated with analgesia, sedation, euphoria, physical dependence, and respiratory depression.

The paranasal air sinuses are lined with respiratory epithelium ( ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium ).