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vitalsign 1
vital sign terms part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vital signs | determinations of the information with the body conditions |
| temperature | the measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body |
| pulse | pressure of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts or beats |
| rate | number per minute, as with pulse and respiration counts |
| rhythm | the reference to regularity; regular or irregular |
| volume | The degree of of of a pulse strong or weak |
| respiration(s) | the process of taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide by the lungs and air passages |
| blood pressure | measurement of the force exerted by the heart against the arterial walls when the heart contracts and relaxes |
| apical pulse | pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart |
| homeostasis | the state of natural balance within the body |
| oral | a temperature that is taken through or within the mouth |
| rectal | a temperature that is taken within the anus or the rectum |
| axillary | a temperature that is taken in the armpit |
| aural | a temperature that is taken within the ear |
| hyperthermia | when the body heat exceeds 104 F rectally |
| hypothermia | the temperature when the body is below 95 F rectally |
| fever | when the body temperature is above 101 F rectally |
| pyrexia | fever |
| febrile | elevated body temperature |
| afebrile | without a fever |
| clinical thermometer | a glass thermometer that expand when in contact with heat |
| electronic thermometers | registers the temperature on a viewer in a few seconds |
| tympanic thermometer | records the temperature inside the ear |
| character(respiratory) | the quality of the respiration deep, shallow, low, labored |
| dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing |
| apnea | absence of respiration usually temporary |
| tachypnea | respiratory rate above 25 respiration per minuter |
| bradypnea | slow respiratory rate, usually below 10 respiration per minute |
| orthopnea | when breathing is difficult except standing and sitting erect |
| cheyne-stokes | periods of dyspnea with that of apnea |
| rale | bubbling or noisy sound caused by fluid or mucus in the air passages |
| wheezing | difficult breathing with a high pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration |
| cyanosis | bluish color of the skin, nail beds, and/or lips due to a low amount of oxygen in the blood stream |
| stethoscope | an instrument used for listening to internal sounds |
| pulse deficit | the difference between the rate of an apical pulse and the rate of a radial pulse |
| arrhythmia | irregular or abnormal rhythm, usually referred to heart rhythm |
| sphygmomanometer | instrument that is used for the measurement of blood pressure in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) |
| systolic | measurement of blood pressure taken when the heart is contracting and forcing blood into the arteries |
| diastolic | the amount of blood pressure that is measured when the heart is at rest |
| pulse pressure | the different between the systolic and the diastolic pressure |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| orthostatic blood pressure | sudden drop in both when person moved from lying to sitting and sitting to standing |
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