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Nursing Final
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
05/10/2011

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Tachypnea
Definition
rapid breathing
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Bradypnea
Definition
slow breathing
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eupnea
Definition
normal breathing
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SOB
Definition
shortness of breath
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Dyspnea
Definition
shortness of breath
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Hypoxia
Definition
low O2 to tissues
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diaphoresis
Definition
excessive sweating
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orthopnea
Definition
heard to breath laying down
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hemoptysis
Definition
coughing up blood
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tactile fremitus
Definition
vibrations
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capillary refill
Definition
<2 seconds
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AP to Lateral measure
Definition
1:2
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Resonance
Definition
normal sound
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Hyperresonnance
Definition
exaggeration of normal ressonance
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Bronchial
Definition
loud high pitched heard over trachea: inspiratory usually longer
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Vesicular
Definition
soft, quite heard over periphery of lung field
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Bronchovesicular
Definition
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clubbing
Definition
clubbing >180
normal: 160
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cyanosis
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