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Rage, blood pressure
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
03/13/2013

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• Oral
Definition
97.6 F - 99.6 F
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• Rectal
Definition
98.6 F - 100.6 F
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• Axillary
Definition
96.6 F- 98.6 F
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• Tympanic membrane
Definition
98.6 F
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• Temporal artery
Definition
99.6 F
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Normal adult pulse range
Definition
60 to 100/minute
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Normal adult blood pressure
Definition
range:
• 90/60 to 140/90 (Most
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Normal adult respiratory
Definition
rate:
• 12 to 20/minute
Term
Hypertension
Definition
high BP the systolic pressure=> 140mmHg.
Or the diastolic pressure =/>90 mmHg. The rest blood pressure is too high.
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Pre-hypertension
Definition
120 < the systolic pressure < 139 mmHg, or 80 < the diastolic pressure <89
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Hypotension
Definition
– low BP less than 90(systolic) and/or less than 60(diastolic)-
Term
Bradycardia
Definition
a slow (brady) heart rate (cardia).
Heart rate < 60 beats/min.
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Tarchcardia
Definition
a rapid (tarchy) heart rate (cardia).
The Hart beat > 100 beats/min.
Term
Dypnea
Definition
difficult, labord, or painful (dyn) breathing(pnea. Heart disease and anxiety are common cause.
Term
Bradypnea
Definition
slow (brady) breathing(pnea). Raspirations are fewer than 12/minute. Caused of drug over-dose and nervous systym.
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Tachypnea
Definition
Rapid (tachy)breating(pnea). Respirations are more than 20/minute. Caused of fever, exercise, pain, penancy, airway obstruction, and hypoxemia are common causes.
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Apnea
Definition
lack or absence (a) of breating (pnea).
It occure sudden cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest. Sleep apnea is another type of apnea.
Term
Cheyne-Stokes
Definition
repiration gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow. Breating may stop (apnea) for 10-20sec; casued of drug over-dose heart failure, renal failure, and brian disorders are common cause.
Term
Hypoventilation
Definition
breathing(ventilation) is slow (hypo), shallow, and sometimes irregular : Lung disorders affecting the alveoli are common causes. Ex. Pneumonia, obesity, airway obstruction, and drug side effects.
Term
Hyperventilation
Definition
breating(ventilaion) is rapid (hyper) and deeper than narmal. Caused of asthma, emphysema, anxiety, pain and some drugs.
Term
Hypoxemia
Definition
a reduced amount of (hypo) of oxygen(OX)in blood (emia).
Term
Hypoxia
Definition
cells do not have enough(hypo)oxygen(oxia).
Without enough oxygen, cells can not function properly.
Term
Cyanosis
Definition
(One of Sings and Symtoms of Hypoxia)Bluish color to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nail beds.
Term
Kussmaul respirations
Definition
Deep and rapid respirations
(See Fig.36.2,page 616)
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Orthopnea
Definition
Breahing (pnea) deeply and comfortably only when sitting (ortho). Common causes are emphysema, asthma, angina, and other heart and respiratiory disorder.
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