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DYSPNEE EXPIRATOIRE [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Dyspnea in which expiration is prolonged because of the obstruction to the outflow of air and often accompanied by bulging of the interspaces. Expiratory dyspnea is associated primarily with obstruction in the bronchioles and smaller bronchi, as in asthma, bronchitis, and obstructive emphysema.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Dyspnée prédominant à l’expiration et prenant volontiers un caractère paroxystique. Les dyspnées expiratoires sont dues à une diminution du calibre des bronchioles par spasme de la musculature bronchique qui s’aggrave à l’expiration. Elles sont la caractéristique de l’asthme bronchique au cours duquel elles apparaissent sous forme de crises.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

Harsh breathing with a prolonged wheezing expiration heard all over the chest.

OBS

The term "asthmatic breathing" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Voies respiratoires
DEF

Dyspnée expiratoire accompagnée d’un bruit sifflant.

OBS

Le terme "asthme" a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Vías respiratorias
DEF

Enfermedad caracterizada por ataques de disnea espiratoria de duración variable, con tos, sibilancias y sensación de constricción debida al espasmo de los bronquios. Es producida por diversas causas; en muchos casos es una manifestación alérgica.

OBS

"respiración estertorosa": la acompañada de estertores continuos o la ruidosa provocada por las vibraciones del velo del paladar en la respiración simultánea por la nariz y por la boca.

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Record 3 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
DEF

stricture or cicatricial diminution of the calibre of a bronchial tube.

DEF

Narrowing of the lumen of one or more bronchi.

OBS

[Plural:] bronchostenoses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches
DEF

Rétrécissement pouvant siéger en un point quelconque de l'arbre bronchique et entraîner suivant sa localisation un bruit expiratoire(wheezing), voire une dyspnée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bronquios
DEF

Estrechez o disminución anormal del calibre de un tubo bronquial.

OBS

Puede también ser espasmódica.

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