Pleural Rub:

Terms Related to Pleural Rub

• Respiratory Tract Fistula

  An abnormal passage communicating between any component of the respiratory tract or between any part of the respiratory system and surrounding organs.

• Respiratory Dead Space

  That part of the respiratory tract or the air within the respiratory tract that does not exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with pulmonary capillary blood.

• Bacteroides corrodens

  Gram-negative bacteria isolated from infections of the respiratory and intestinal tracts and from the buccal cavity, intestinal tract, and urogenital tract. They are probably part ...

• Heart Murmur

  Abnormal heart sounds heard during auscultation caused by alterations in the flow of blood into a chamber, through a valve, or by a valve opening ...

• Kingella

  A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are part of the normal flora of the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. Some ...