Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . iiG. 13.— Showing the topographic areas of the back (Kerr). Orthopnea is the name applied to the posture of a childwho, on account of dyspnea, has to have the chest elevatedso that it assumes a sitting or semirecHning position inbed. It is usually seen in those suffering from heartdisease. Respiration.—^The normal number of respirations 56 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES per minute varies according to the age of the child. Inthe
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . iiG. 13.— Showing the topographic areas of the back (Kerr). Orthopnea is the name applied to the posture of a childwho, on account of dyspnea, has to have the chest elevatedso that it assumes a sitting or semirecHning position inbed. It is usually seen in those suffering from heartdisease. Respiration.—^The normal number of respirations 56 DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES per minute varies according to the age of the child. Inthe newborn they are from 30 to 50 per minute; in the firstyear from 28 to 30 per minute; at five years from 22 to25 per minute; at 14 years about 20 per minute. Theratio between the respirations and the pulse-beats is oneto Fig. 14.—Position for examination of back of chest The child can be perfectly om-troUed by the nurse in this position (Kerr). Accelerated respirations are noted in fever and in allinflammatory diseases of the lungs. Diminished respirations are seen in meningitis, in thespasmodic affections of the respiratory tract, and inuremia. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT 5/ Cheyne-Stokes respiration is the name given to a peculiarform of breathing seen in desperately ill children. Itis characterized by a cycle. Following an interval, during
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