Vital Signs 2
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- apnea
- absence of breathing
- arrhythmia
- irregular heartbeat
- bounding pulse
- full pulse
- bradycardia
- a slow heartbeat, pulse below 60 bpm
- bradypnea
- respirations that are regular in rhythm but slower than normal in rate
- cerumen
- earwax
- COPD
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a progressive and irreversible lung condition that results in diminished lung capacity
- diurnal rhythm
- patterns of activity or behavior that follow day / night cycles
- dyspnea
- difficult or painful breathing
- elastic pulse
- pulse with regular alterations of weak and strong beats without changes in cycle
- essential hypertension
- elevated blood pressure of unknown cause that develops for no apparent reason
- febrile
- fever
- homeostasis
- internal adaptation and change in response to environmental factors
- hyperlipidemia
- excess of fats (lipids) in the blood plasma
- hyperpnea
- increase in the depth of breathing
- hypertension
- high blood pressure - consistently above 140/90
- hyperventilation
- abnormally prolonged and deep breathing usually associated with acute anxiety or emotional tension
- hypotension
- blood pressure that is consistently below normal - 90/50
- intermittent pulse
- pulse in which the beats are occasionally skipped
- irregular pulse
- pulse that varies in force and frequency
- orthopnea
- individual must sit or stand to breathe comfortably
- orthostatic (postural) hypotension
- temp. fall in blood pressure when a person rapidly changes from a recumbent position to a standing position
- otitis externa
- inflammation or infection of the outer ear
- pulse deficit
- the radial pulse is less than the apical pulse
- pulse pressure
- difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures (40 is normal)
- rales
- crackling breath sounds during inspiration
- remittent fever
- fever in which temp fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level
- rhonchi
- abnormal rumbling sounds on expiration that indicate airway obstruction by thick secretions
- secondary hypertension
- elevated blood pressure resulting from another condition
- sinus arrhythmia
- irregular heartbeat
- spirometer
- insturment that measures the volume of inhaled and exhaled air
- stertorous
- strenuous respiratory effort that has a snoring sound
- syncope
- fainting
- tachycardia
- rapid but regular heart rate exceeding 100 bpm
- tachypnea
- respirations that are rapid and shallow
- thready pulse
- pulse that is scarcely perceptible
- unequal pulses
- pulses in which the beats vary in intensity
- vertigo
- dizziness