Chapter 12
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| Temperature | The balance between heat loss and heat produced by the body
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| Average Oral Temperature | 98.6
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| Average Rectal Temperature | 99.6
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| Average Axillary/Groin Temperature | 97.6
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| Normal Range of Temperature for Oral | 97.6-99.6
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| Normal Range Of Temperature for Rectal | 98.6-100.6
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| Normal Range Of Temperature for Axillary/Groin | 96.6-98.6
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| Oral Temperature | taken in the mouth with a clinical thermometer for 3-5 minutes
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| Rectal Temperature | taken in the rectum with a clinical thermometer for 3-5 minutes
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| Axillary Temperature | taken in the armpit with a clinical thermometer for 10 minutes
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| Groin Temperature | taken in the groin with a clinical thermometer for 10 minutes
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| Temporal Temperature | scanning thermometer is passed in a straight line across the forehead. Measures temperature in the temporal artery
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| Normal Range of Temperature for Temporal | 98.6-100.6
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| Average Temporal Temperature | 99.6
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| Aural Temperature Average | No average
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| Aural Temperature Range | No range
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| Aural Temperature | Taken in the ear or auditory canal in less than two seconds
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| Most accurate thermometer | Temporal
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| Causes of increased body temperature | illness, exercise, excitement, and the temperature outside
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| Causes of decreased body temperature | starvation, fasting, sleep, decreased muscle activity, mouth breathing, exposure to cold temperatures in the environment, and certain diseases
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| What can alter the temperature in the mouth if done less than 15 before oral temperature is taken | Eating, drinking, and smoking
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| Hypothermia | Body temperature less than 95
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| Causes of hypothermia | Prolonged exposure to the cold
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| If body temperature drops below 93 what happens | Death occurs
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| Fever | An elevated body temperature above 101
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| Causes of fever | Infection or injury
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| Another term for fever | Pyrexia
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| Febrile | Fever is present
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| Afebrile | Fever is not present or temperature is within normal range
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| Hyperthermia | Body temperature exceeds 104
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| Causes of hyperthermia | Prolonged exposure to hit temperatures, brain damage, and serious infections
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| What happens if body temperature exceeds 106 | convulsions, brain damage, and even death
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| Clinical Thermometer | consists of a slender glass tube containing Mercury or alcohol with red dye, which expands when exposed to heat
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| Types of clinical thermometers | glass oral, security oral, and a rectal
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| What may be placed on the thermometer when used on a patient | Disposable cover
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| Electronic Thermometer | registers the temperature on a viewer in a few seconds
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| Typhanic Thermometer | specialized electronic thermometers that record oral temperature ps in the ear
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