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Vital Signs + Respiratory Sounds (Chapter # 5)

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High pitched upper airway noise produced with partial upper airway obstraction   Crowing  
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High pitched expiratory lung sounds caused by narrowing of the bronchioles   Wheezing  
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Respiratory pattern represented by continuous deep breaths; the rate may be slow or fast   Central Neurogenic Hyperventilation  
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Kussmaul's respirations   Respiratory pattern with continuous deep breaths  
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Respiratory pattern with irregularly shallow and deep breaths   Ataxic respirations  
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Apneustic Respirations   Respiratory pattern with breaths that start out shallow and increase in depth with periods of apnea between  
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Cheyne-Stokes respirations   Respiratory pattern represented by respirations that start slow and shallow and increase in rate and depth and then decrease in rate and depth with periods of apnea between  
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The noise made during breathing as the tongue partly obstructs the airway   Snoring  
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To listen with a stethoscope   Auscultation  
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A patient complaint, such as pain, that cannot be observed or measured by another person   Symptoms  
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A patient can see, feel, hear, smell, or measure   Sign  
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Trend   Collection of several vital signs  
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What are doctors use to measure blood pressure?   The CUFF and GAUGE  
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Systolic Pressure   The top number of a blood pressure. Reading during the contraction phase of the heart  
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To feel for injuries during patient assessment   Palpation  
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The bottom number of a blood pressure. Reading during the relaxation phase of cardiac contractions   Diastolic pressure  
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When assessing respiration, what should you assess?   Rate, Quality, Pattern  
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When assessing the pulse, what should you check?   Rate, Quality, Rthythm  
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Hypoxia   The body tissues are starved of oxygen.  
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A dangerous complication of diabetes mellitus in which the chanical balance of the body becomes far too acidic (pH 7-0)   Diabetic Ketoacidosis  
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Respiratory Rate of Infant____. Pulse Rate ____. Blood Pressure ____   Respiratory Rate of Infant 20-30. Pulse Rate 80-140. Blood Pressure 84/56  
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Respiratory Rate of Adults ____. Pulse Rate ____. Blood Pressure ____   Respiratory Rate of Adults 12-20. Pulse Rate 60-100. Blood Pressure 100-60  
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Respiratory Rate of School age ____. Pulse Rate ____. Blood Pressure ____   Respiratory Rate of School age 18-30. Pulse Rate roughly 70-100. Blood Pressure 104/64  
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