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Health Vital Signs
Vital Signs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vital Signs | provide information about basic body conditions of the pt |
| temperature | a measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced |
| pulse | the pressure of the blood felt against the wall of the artery as the heart contracts relaxes or beats |
| rate | the number of beats per minute |
| rhythm | regularity of the pulse |
| volume | strength of pulse (strong, weak, bounding) |
| respiration | one inspiration and one expiration |
| blood pressure | the force exerted by the blood against the arterial walls when the heart contracts and relaxes |
| apical pulse | the pulse taken with a stethoscope at the apex of the heart |
| homeostasis | ideal state of balance in the human body |
| oral temperature | taken in the mouth (98.6) |
| rectal temperature | Taken in the rectum (99.6) |
| axillary temperature | taken under armpit (97.6) |
| aural temperatures | taken with a special thermometer(tympanic thermometer) taken in the ear (auditory canal) |
| hypothermia | the body temp below 94 degrees F Rectally |
| pyrexia | term for fever |
| febrile | means that a fever is present |
| afebrile | means that a fever is not present |
| hyperthermia | body temp exceeds 104 rectal |
| carotid pulse | at the neck or either side of the trachea |
| temporal pulse | on either side of the forehead |
| Brachial pulse | inner crease of the elbow |
| radial pulse | inner aspect of the wrist above the thumb |
| Femoral pulse | at the inner aspect of the upper thigh, where the thigh joins the upper trunk of the body |
| Bradycardia | a pulse rate under 60 beats per minute |
| tachycardia | a pulse rate over 100 beats per minute ( except in children) |
| Arrhythmia | an irregular or abnormal rhythm usually caused by defect in electrical pattern of the heart. |
| character | refers to the depth and quality of the respirations (deep, shallow, labored) |
| Dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| Apnea | absence of respirations |
| Tachypnea | rapid, shallow respiration (above 25 breaths per minute) |
| Bradypnea | slow respiratory rate (below 10 breaths per minute) |
| Orthopnea | severe dyspnea in which breathing is difficult in any position other then standing. |
| Cheyne - Stokes | abnormal breathing pattern characterized by periods of dyspnea followed by periods of apnea |
| rales | bubbling or noisy sounds caused by fluid or mucus in the air passages |
| wheezing | difficult breathing with high pitched whistling sound during expiration |
| cyanosis | bluish discoloration of skin, lips, or nail beds as a result of decreased oxygen |
| pulse deficit | difference between apical pulse and radial pulse |
| Systolic Pressure | occurs in walls of arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is contracting and pushing blood into the arteries (top number) |
| Diastolic Pressure | constant pressure in walls of arteries between contractions (bottom number) |
| Hypertension | high blood pressure |
| Hypotension | low blood pressure |
| Sphygmomanometer | instrument that measures BP in millimeters of mercury |
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