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cardiopulmonary Definition

cardio·pul·mo·nary (kär′dē ō po̵ol′ mə ner′ē, -pul′-)

adjective

of or involving the heart and lungs as they function interdependently cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • resuscitation: There will be a note in your health records that you are ' not for cardiopulmonary resuscitation ' .
  • bypass: A study was to investigating whether the use of cardiopulmonary bypass increased the risk of developing acute renal failure.
  • arrest: Subjects: All out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrests due to cardiac disease attended by the Scottish Ambulance Service during May 1991 to March 1998.
  • fitness: Cardiopulmonary fitness improved more in the test group than in the control group.
  • testing: Researchers put a group of 282 patients, 17 percent of them women, through cardiopulmonary treadmill testing at the end of cardiac rehabilitation.
  • disease: Complications tend to occur in the very young, in the elderly, and in patients with chronic cardiopulmonary diseases.