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vital signs
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apical pulse | pulse taken with a stethoscope |
| apena | absence of respiration; temporary cessation of respiration |
| arrhythmia | irregular or abnormal rhythm, usually referring to the heart rhythm |
| aural temperature | measurements of the body temperature at the tympani membrane in the ear |
| axillary temperature | taken in the armpit |
| blood pressure | the force exerted by the blood against the arterial walls when the heart contracts and relaxes |
| bradycardia | a pulse rate under 60 beats per minute |
| bradypnea | slow respiratory rate, usually below 10 respiration per minute |
| character | the quality of respiration's (e.g. deep, shallow, or labored) |
| cheyne- stokes | periods of difficult breathing (dyspnea) followed by periods of no respiration's (apnea) |
| clinical thermometer | used to record temperatures |
| cyanosis | a dusky, bluish discoloration of the skin or lips or nail bed as a result of decreased oxygen and the increase of carbon dioxide in the blood stream |
| diastolic | the constant pressure in the walls of the heart when the left ventricals are at rest |
| dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| electronic thermometer | used by many facilities |
| fever | an elevated body temperature, usually above 101 degrees Fahrenheit |
| homeostasis | a constant state of natural balance with the body |
| hypertension | high blood pressure, indicated when pressures are greater than 140mm Hg systolic & 90mm Hg diastolic |
| hypothermia | an abnormally low body temperature, as induced in the elderly by exposure to cold weather |
| oral temperatures | taken in the mouth |
| orthopnea | sever dyspnea in which breathing is very difficult in any position other than sitting erect or standing |
| pulse | the pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes or beats |
| pulse defect | a condition that occurs with some heart conditions |
| pulse pressure | the difference between systolic and dystolic pressure |
| pyrexia | another term for fever |
| rate | bubbling or noisy sounds caused by fluids or mucus in the air passages |
| rectal temperatures | are taken in the rectum |
| respiration's | reflect the breathing rate of the patient |
| rhythm | refers to regularity |
| spyamcmanometer | instrument calibrated for measuring blood pressure in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) |
| stethoscope | instrument used for listening to internal body sounds |
| systolic | pressure occurs in the walls of the arteries when the left ventrical of the heart is contracted and pushing blood in to the arteries |
| tachycardia | a pulse rate over 100 beats per minute (except children) |
| tachypnea | respiratory rate above 25 respiration's per minute |
| temperature | is a measurement of the balance between heart loss and heat produced by the body |
| tympanic thermometer | are specialized electronic thermometers that record the aural temperature in the ear |
| vital signs | are defined as various determinations that provide information about the basic body conditions of the patient |
| volume | refers to strength |
| wheezing | difficult breathing with a high pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration |
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