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• Cough CPR — is a fake resuscitation technique described in an email that began circulating around 1999, in which by coughing and deep breathing every 2 seconds a person suffering a cardiac dysrhythmia immediately before cardiac arrest can supposedly keep… …   Wikipedia

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• productive — Producing or capable of producing; denoting especially an inflammation leading to the production of new tissue with or without an exudate. [see product] * * * pro·duc·tive prə dək tiv, prō adj raising mucus or sputum (as from the bronchi) <a… …   Medical dictionary

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• Pertussis — Classification and external resources A young boy coughing due to pertussis. ICD 10 A37 …   Wikipedia

• bronchitis — bronchitic /brong kit ik/, adj. /brong kuy tis/, n. Pathol. acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke. [1812; < NL; see… …   Universalium