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EXPIRATORY GRUNTING [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Respiratory System
CONT

Expiratory grunting can indicate impending respiratory failure as the infant attempts to maintain lung volume by increasing end-expiratory pressure with expiratory grunt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil respiratoire
CONT

Le grognement à l’expiration, noté lors d’une détresse respiratoire, est causé par une fermeture prématurée de la glotte, afin d’augmenter la pression d’air en expiration et ainsi empêcher le collapsus des alvéoles pulmonaires.

Spanish

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