One must become familiar with the frequency and character of the pulse and of the respirations and know the temperature of the animal in health, before changes in abnormal conditions can be properly appreciated.
The respirations are quick and shallow; the nostrils are dilated; the pulse is full and hard.
Man consumes one hundred gallons of air every hour, ordinarily with eighteen respirations per minute, and two hundred and six cubic feet of air is the minimum for the preservation of health.
Great prostration is seen, the pulse is weak, the respirations are irregular, the child may have convulsions, or it may have chills and fever, and rigidity of the body may be present.
The respirations of a child are fairly regular and rhythmic and occur about forty times per minute during the first month of life and about thirty times per minute during the remainder of the year.
Sixty respirations a minute are not at all excessive for a child of two years with pneumonia, and the speed is frequently decidedly greater than this.
It is obvious, also, that in an equal number of respirations we consume more oxygen at the level of the sea than on a mountain.
The number of respirations is less in a state of rest than in exercise, and the amount of food necessary in both conditions must vary also.
The pulse is fast, thin, and thready, therespirations enormously increased, and the temperature high.
The pulse is hard and frequent, the respirations tremendously increased in number, the body wet with a patchy perspiration, and the countenance indicative of the most acute suffering.
When he has retaken possession of his heart(683) the Book of Respirations is concealed in (the coffin).
Another version: “this volume of the Book of Respirationsis made for him and the souls of the gods.
Thou comest on earth each day, the Book of Respirations of Thoth being thy protection.
Happily, after numerous and persistent means of resuscitation, applied for about two and a half hours, regular respirations were established and the child eventually recovered.
Coma follows, and the respirations become slower and slower until death results.
Her sleep was so deep that nothing seemed to disturb her; her pulse was slow, the respirations scarcely perceptible, and there were apparently no evacuations.
The boy was in a state of extreme shock, having a weak, almost imperceptible pulse; his respirations were shallow and rapid, and his temperature subnormal.
At this moment the respirations seemed wholly costal, and were performed with great effort, the elbows being jerked upward with every inspiration.
In severe cases the expression of the face indicates pain, the respirations are labored, the general symptoms aggravated, and the animal stands with the front feet spread apart.
When it is excited, the pulse beats and respirationsare accelerated.
When the mucous membranes lining the throat and anterior air passages are thickened, the respirations are noisy and difficult.
Rumination, muscular exertion and excitement increase the frequency and cause the respirations to become irregular.
In the more severe cases the wall of the abdomen is distended on both sides, the respirations are quickened and labored, the pulse small and quick, the eyes are prominent and the mucous membrane congested.
In chronic bronchitis in the horse, the animal coughs frequently, there is more or less discharge from the nostrils and the respirations may become labored when exercised.
When the lungs are inflamed the respirations are quickened and labored.
The different body functions are interfered with; the urine is retained, bloating occurs, respirations are slow, pulse weak and temperature subnormal or normal.
The appetite is impaired, the body temperature elevated and the pulse beats and respirations quickened.
In disease the ratio between the heart beats and respirationsis greatly disturbed, and the character of the respiratory sounds and movements may be greatly changed (Fig.
In the acute form of the disease the symptoms come on very quickly, the fever is high and the pulse beats and respirations are rapid.
The visible mucous membranes are red and congested, the nostrils dilated, the respirations quickened and difficult, the expired air hot and the pulse beats accelerated.
The frequency of the respirations varies with the species.
In slight cases, the animal appears excited and restless, the eyes are bright, the pupils are dilated, and the pulse beats and respirations quickened.
The respirations become irregular, and there is a sense of oppression in his chest.
The second factor is the one upon which I can rely in such of the cases as come into my care, save when I cannot induce them to make such a number of respirations as is absolutely necessary.
Remember this is based upon the whole number of respirations in the minute and not each exhalation--which latter could not be measured by the most minute method.
The whole secret of success lies in the greatest number of respirations that can be effected in from 60 to 90 seconds, and that without any intermission.
By others it is subdued by a fit of crying, which if you will but imitate the sobs, will find how frequently the respirations are made.
B, pulse taken after breathing rapidly for 15 seconds when 20 respirations had been taken.
When the respirations are, say, 100 to the minute, and made with all the energy the patient can muster, and are kept up while the operation is going on, there can hardly be a failure in the minor operations.
She would have given two degrees of temperature and three respirations just to have a fat, greasy East Side washlady beam upon her as in the incubator days.
She took her pulse eight times in succession and refused supper because she wanted to get so many respirations and temperatures that she had no time to eat.
The pulse became more frequent but remained strong and uniform; the respirations were unaltered in character but increased in frequency to 48.
So it is said, that our thoughts andrespirations go together).
Lastly, if a very large quantity is introduced into the lungs, death quickly follows, with respirations diminished in frequency.
In the first case, if the dose is small, the respirations are diminished in frequency; then this is followed by normal breathing; if the dose is larger, there is an increase in the frequency of the respirations.
On the fourth day it continued in one place, puffing itself out; towards evening the respirations slowed, the beak gaping at every inspiration.
After three minutes' exposure to the air, the respirations were found to be 128 per minute; this quickened respiration lasted for an hour, then gave place to a shorter and more superficial breathing.
Death follows quickly through paralysis of the respiratory centre, the respirations first ceasing, then the pulse; in a few cases, the heart ceases first to beat.
The third stage is that of paralysis; the pulse becomes irregular, the respirations superficial, there is a cyanotic colouring of the lips and skin, while the pupils become widely dilated.
The pupils were natural, and the pulse normal; the respirations were also not accelerated.
In twenty minutes the symptoms were well developed, and in an hour the animal was gasping--about twelve short respirations per minute.
The residue of the first chloroform extract lessens the number of respirations of a frog; the residue of the second and third chloroform extract becomes, by sulphuric acid and bichromate of potash, blue, passing into a permanent red.
Forty minutes after the bite, he began to moan and shake his head from side to side, and the pulse and respirations were somewhat accelerated; but he was still able to answer questions, and seemed conscious.
Death seems to occur from asphyxia, and the heart beats for one or more minutes after the respirations have ceased.
No pulse was detectable, respirations were (as noted) being supplemented.
After this, the President--his respirationswere assisted by the Bennett machine.
Jenkins was assisting the President's respirations through a tube in his trachea.
These are the respirations that are somewhat of a strain, that is, seen in a patient who is expiring--just very short, irregular type respirations.
These are respirations seen in one who has lost the normal coordinated central control of respiration.
No pulse was present, and at that time, because of the inadequate respirations and the apparent airway injury, a cuffed endotracheal tube was introduced, employing a larynzo scope.
He was lying on a carriage, his respirations were slow, spasmodic, described as agonal.
It was apparent that respirations were ineffective, even with the use of the endotracheal tube and oxygen.
During such attacks the respirations may slow down to fifteen or below, though usually the pulse is inclined to be rapid.
Her respirations were somewhat hurried--22 to 24 to the minute--but her general health was very good.
And he felt, too, that that trick about respirations had not been entirely fair.
Sulphate of atropia should be given hypodermically in one-quarter grain doses every hour or two hours until the heart beats are invigorated, the number and fullness of the respirations increased, and consciousness returns.
The breathing is increased to 30 or 40 respirations in the minute and the pulse is greatly accelerated, but while the arteries are soft and almost imperceptible, the heart beats can be felt and heard, violent and tumultuous.
The respirations are rapid and panting in character, the nostrils widely dilated, and the mucous membranes highly injected.
The respirations are somewhat quickened and the pulse becomes rapid and full.
The pulse is variable during the progress of the disease; it may be almost imperceptible at times, and then again very rapid and irregular; the respirations generally are quick and catching.
The pulse and respirations are greatly accelerated, the body covered with sweat, and bed sores are unpleasant accompaniments.
The respirations are accelerated, and usually there is no fever.
While in this position the general symptoms greatly subside; the respirations and pulse become almost normal; the temperature falls and the perspiration dries.
There is no evidence of pain; the respirations are unchanged, and the temperature little less than normal; the bowels may be somewhat constipated.
The pulse and respirations are increased in frequency from the outset of the attack.
These two respirations may be separated and they may be conjoined; with men merely natural, especially with hypocrites, they are separated, but rarely with men who are spiritual and sincere.
Thereby the respiration of the body can be separated from the respiration of the spirit; but when blood from the heart alone acts the respirations cannot be separated.
The same thing is imaged in the lungs, whose arteries and veins correspond to the affections of love, and whose respirations correspond to the perceptions and thoughts of the understanding, as has been said above.
As regards the lungs, however, the case is different, as the air breathed out is, if the respirations be regular and fairly deep, completely saturated with moisture at the temperature of the body.
On elevated mountain plateaus, or even in high residences among the Alps, an increased rapidity in the number of respirations and of the pulse, as well as increased evaporation from the lungs and skin, occur.
The healthy infant breathes on an average forty-four times a minute; the only time the respirations can be satisfactorily counted is during sleep.
When the child is awake, the respirations are hurried by slight movements of the body, crying, and so forth.
After the endotracheal tube was inserted and connected, I listened briefly to his chest, respirations were better but still inadequate.
Looked very briefly at the head wound and then because of his inadequate respirations inserted an endotracheal tube to attempt to support these respirations.
Perry arrived, and because of the inadequate respirations the presence of a tracheal injury, advised that the chest tube was to be inserted, this was done by some of the other physicians in the room.
He had slow agonal respiration, spasmodic respirations without any coordination.
The multitude upon the deck hardly made a sound; all that broke the stillness was the heavy respirationsof the engines and the beating of the paddles upon the water.
In all the air there was no sound save the deep respirations of the hoisting engine in the Norcross works, and the murmur of the winds, as on slow beating wings they floated up over the Divide and swept on, out over the desert.
Number of respirations (in fever) forty and forty-two in a minute (217).
Seventh week, number of respirations twenty-eight to the minute (217).
Holmes was breathing, though very slowly--five or six respirations to the minute--and there were a few teeth marks where the mice had attacked his calves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "respirations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
