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| A client who does not have a fever |
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| Pulse with an irregular rhythm |
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| Measure of the pressure exerted by the blood as it flows through the arteries |
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| a condition in which the elastic and muscular tissues of the arteries are replaced with fibrous tissue |
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| Temporary disappearance of sounds normally heard over the brachial artery when the cuff pressure is high followed by the reappearance of the sounds at a lower lever |
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| Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) |
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| Rate of energy utilization in the body required to maintain essential activities such as breathing. |
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| Reflects the balance between heat produced and heat lost from the body |
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| A heart rate in an adult less than 60 BPM |
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| Abnormally slow respirations |
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| the amount of blod ejected by the heart with each ventricular contraction |
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| The ability of the arteries to contract and expand |
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| The transfer of heat from one molecule to a molecule of lower temperature. |
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| Body temerature fluctuates minimally, but always remains above normal |
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| Dispersion of heat by air currents |
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| Temperature of the deep tissues of the body |
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| Costal (thoracic) breathing |
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| involves the esternal intercostal muscles and other accessory muscles |
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| Diaphragmatic (abdominal) breathing |
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| Observed by the movement of the abdomen with contraction and downward movement with breathing |
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| Pressure when the ventricles are at rest |
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breathing out
(synonym: exhalation) |
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| A body temperature above the usual range |
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| A temperature that rises to fever level rapidly following a normal temperature, then return to normal within a few hours |
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| When the amount of heat produced by the body equals the amount of heat lost |
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A result of excessive heat and dehydration and includes a moderately increased temperature.
paleness, dizzyness, nausea, vomiting, and fainting. |
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| Signs may include high temperature, warm, dry flushed skin, delirium. |
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| Proportion of red blood cells to blood plasma |
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| A very high fever (105.8) |
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| Blood pressure persistently above normal |
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| Very deep, rapid respirations |
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| A blood pressure that is below normal |
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| A core body temperature below the lower limit of normal |
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| Very shallow respirations |
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intake of air into the lungs
(synonym: Inspiration) |
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| Continuous heat loss through the respiratory tract and skin |
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| Continuous and unnoticed water loss through the respiratory tract and skin |
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| Intake of air into the lungs |
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| Body temperature alternates at regular intervals between periods of fever and periods of normal or subnormal temperatures |
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| Sounds heard when taking a blood pressure with a stethoscope |
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| A blood pressure that falls when the client sits or stands |
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| The precent of hemoglobin binding sites that are occupied by oxygen |
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| A pulse located away from the heart |
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| Point of maximal impulse (PMI) |
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| A wave of blood created by contraction of the left ventricle of the heart |
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| Any discrepancy between the apical and radial pulses |
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| A noninvasive device that estimates a client's arterial blood oxygen saturation |
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| The difference between the diastolic and systolic pressures |
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| Pattern of the beats and intervals between the beats |
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| Force of blood with each beat |
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| Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without contact between the two objects. |
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| Short febrile periods of a few days that are interspersed with periods of 1-2 days of normal temperature. |
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| A wide range of temperature fluctuations occur over the 24 hour period, all of which are above normal. |
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| Those aspects of breathing that are different from normal |
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| effortless breathing, includes the amount of effort exerted to breathe and the sounds produced by breathing |
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| Regularity of the expirations and inspiration |
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| Indicates the pressure of the air within the bladder |
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| Temperature of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and fat |
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| The pressure of the blood as a result of the contraction of the ventricle |
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| Excessively fast heart rate |
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| Abnormally fast respirations |
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| The normal volume of air taken in with respiration (500mL) |
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| Continuous evaporation of moisture from the respiratory tract and from the mucosa of mouth and skin |
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| The movement of air in and out of the lungs |
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| Body temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pain |
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