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what are four life functions?   ventilation, oxygenation,circulation,perfusion  
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what is the most common problem when dealing with life function?   oxygenation  
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how do you find smoking history?   pack years= # of packs per day X # of years smoked  
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what is the normal urine output?   40 ML / hr or about 1 Liter/ day  
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what is sensible water loss?   urine, vomiting  
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what is insensible water loss?   lungs and skin  
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if intake exceeds output this can cause what?   Weight gain, electrolyte imbalance , increased hemodynamic pressures, and decrease lung compliance  
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what can a decrease is cvp (<2 mm hg) indicate ?   hypovolemia  
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what can a increase in cvp (>6 mm hg) indicate?   hypervolemia  
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what is peripheral edema?   presence of excessive fluid in the tissue primarily in the ankles and arms  
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what causes peripheral edema?   CHF and Renal failure  
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what is ascities and what causes it?   accumulation of fluid in the abdomen generally caused by liver failure  
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what causes venous distention?   CHF, and obstructive lung disease  
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What can cause diaphoresis?   heart failure,fever,anxiety, TB  
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what are the normal muscles of ventilation?   diaphragm,external intercostals,  
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What are accessory muscles of ventilation?   intercostal, scalene,sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis , abdominal mucles,such as oblique  
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what is hypertophy and what disease dose this occur in?   increase in muscles size . which you would see in your COPD pts  
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signs of respiratory distress   retraction, accessory muscle use, nasal flaring grunting  
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normal heart rate   60-100  
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what is tachycardia and what dose it indicate?   >100 indicates hyoxemia, anxiety, stress  
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what is bradycardia and what dose it indicate?   <60 indicates heart failure, shock code emergency  
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what is paradoxical pulse/ pulsus paradoxus and what can it indicate?   pulse/ blood pressure vairies with respiration. may indicate severe air trapping such as in status asthmaticus or cardiac tamponade  
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what causes the trachea to be deviated toward the pathology?   pulmonary atelectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonectomy,or diaphragmatic paralysis  
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what cause the trachea to be deviated away from the pathology?   massive pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax, neck or thyroid tumors, or large mediastinal mass  
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what is the normal blood pressure?   120/80  
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what can cause hypertension?   cardiac stress such as hypoxemia  
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what can cause hypotenion?   poor perfusion such as in hypovolemia and CHF  
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