What's the difference between blowing and insufflation?

Blowing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blow
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blow

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (2) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
  • (3) "The government should be doing all it can to put the UK at the forefront of this energy revolution not blowing hot and cold on the issue.
  • (4) Rapid swelling of the knee following a blow or twisting injury is considered a significant injury.
  • (5) Drainage of contrast medium from the maxillary sinus during blowing and sniffing was studied by cine-roentgenography in 11 healthy subjects.
  • (6) It would cost their own businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in transaction costs, it would blow a massive hole in their balance of payments, it would leave them having to pick up the entirety of UK debt.
  • (7) The phrase “self-inflicted blow” was one he used repeatedly, along with the word “glib” – applied to his Vote Leave opponents.
  • (8) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
  • (9) Hagan’s defeat came as a shock and a heavy blow for the Democratic party in North Carolina, a purple state that now has no Democratic senator or governor for the first time in 30 years.
  • (10) The case of a 32-year-old man who suffered a blow to his left supraorbital region and eyebrow in an automatic closing door is reported to draw attention to the uncommon but trivial nature of this injury which may result in profound visual loss.
  • (11) It's almost starting to feel like we're back in the good old days of July 2005, when Paris lost out to London in the battle to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, a defeat immediately interpreted by France as a bitter blow to Gallic ideals of fair play and non-commercialism and yet another undeserved triumph for the underhand, free-market manoeuvrings of perfidious Albion.
  • (12) A rather pessimistic wind is blowing over cancer chemotherapy, while a not very objective enthusiasm for second generation immunotherapy is raising its head.
  • (13) The departure of Emmerson – who said in a statement that no allegations had been put to him – is a huge blow.
  • (14) On second impacts, the GSI rose considerably because the shell and liner of the DH-151 cracked and the suspension of the "141" stretched during the first blow.
  • (15) The files, which were made available to the Guardian , the New York Times and the German weekly Der Spiegel, give a blow-by-blow account of the fighting over the last six years, which has so far cost the lives of more than 320 British and more than 1,000 US troops.
  • (16) Maybe there was a wish to go for these stronger story formulations, more extreme situations to try to get the energy up to comfortably blow the lid off.” Miller pointed out to Franzen that he has developed something of a reputation as a misanthrope.
  • (17) Pure blow-out fracture or comminuted facial fracture, double vision and amnesia emerged as additional factors which yielded an efficient scoring system with a sensitivity of 89% and specificity of 90% for the population upon which it was based.
  • (18) It would strike a blow against its excessively adversarial ways of working, the two sides of a divided house braying at each other across the floor.
  • (19) However, a no show from the leader of the Commonwealth's biggest member would be a huge blow to the credibility of the organisation.
  • (20) All of which would be perfectly normal (after all, if there's anything valencianos love more than blowing off their fingers, it's complaining about their team) but for one thing: it was only just after half past nine and there was still an hour to go against hated rivals Real Madrid.

Insufflation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of breathing on or into anything
  • (n.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.
  • (n.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The disposition of radiolabeled cocaine in humans has been studied after three routes of administration: iv injection, nasal insufflation (ni, snorting), and smoke inhalation (si).
  • (2) Demographic, hemodynamic, arterial blood gas, and ventilatory data were collected before peritoneal insufflation and at intervals during surgery.
  • (3) Cardiovascular disturbances and hypoxia can occur in conjunction with CO2 insufflation and can be avoided by monitoring the endexpiratory CO2 concentrations by infrared absorption spectrometry.
  • (4) A critical aspect in the use of the laryngeal mask is the fact that there is no complete isolation of the trachea and, therefore, an insufflation of the stomach or aspiration could occur, especially during critical situations (e.g.
  • (5) Insufflations from RV were necessary to produce the gas trapping.
  • (6) Venous PCO2 was increased by insufflating the gut with high CO2 while recording changes in the amplitude of the sternal movements.
  • (7) During constant volume of ventilation, mean arterial co2 tension rose approximately 5 torr following insufflation of the peritoneal cavity with carbon dioxide.
  • (8) With PEEP and left atrial balloon insufflation, central venous and pulmonary arterial pressure were increased approximately threefold (P less than 0.05).
  • (9) These results demonstrate the value of a rapid insufflation in order to give longer expiration time per minute for the benefit of the venous return and cardiac output.
  • (10) doses of 0.2 and 2 micrograms capsaicin induced bradycardia, hypertension and salivation but no change in insufflation pressure.
  • (11) A sham group of six sheep was insufflated with air instead of smoke.
  • (12) At a later date peritoneoscopy was planned and gas insufflated into the abdominal cavity in the usual manner; the patient did not complain about anything particular during peritoneoscopy.
  • (13) The effect on alveolar oxygen fraction (FAO2) of insufflating oxygen under a mask (or through an inflow nipple provided in the mask) during simulated mouth-to-mask ventilation was investigated using a lung model.
  • (14) Forty-nine cases of gastroduodenal perforation were subjected to new air insufflation test.
  • (15) A second zone, close to the insufflated jet of O2, uses convective streaming to produce greater gas mixing at higher flows.
  • (16) Increases in pulmonary arterial pressure, tracheal insufflation pressure, and blood levels of the prostaglandin F2alpha metabolite, 15-keto-13, 14-dihydro F2alpha, were observed after protamine chloride or thrombin-induced platelet aggregation and release reaction in dogs.
  • (17) Uterine distention was achieved with D5W in 270 patients, with dextran 32% in 30 patients, and with CO2 gas insufflation in 20 patients.
  • (18) This study compares gas exchange and hemodynamic parameters during bronchial insufflation with two different internal diameter (ID) catheters (2.5 and 1.4 mm) at a constant mean gas exit velocity.
  • (19) In conclusion, the increase in the respiratory insufflation pressure, caused by stimulation of noncholinergic nerves, seemed to be controlled by inhibitory alpha-2-adrenoceptors in guinea pig airways.
  • (20) In half 25 mg surfactant was insufflated through the endotracheal tube; it could be detected in tracheal secretions for at least the next 24 h. There was no significant difference in ventilator pressures or oxygen therapy used nor in neonatal mortality and morbidity in the first 2 years of life between the surfactant-treated and control groups in either trial.

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