Vital Signs
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- pulse deficit
- difference between contractions of the heart and pulse expansions of the radial artery
- fasting
- not eating
- rate
- valuation based on comparison with a standard
- ophthalmoscope
- instrument for examining the eyes
- axilla
- armpit
- bradycardia
- unusually slow heartbeat
- stethoscope
- instrument used in auscultation to make audible the sounds produced by the body
- fahrenheit scale
- system used inthe United States and England to express temperature
- genitalia
- reproductive organs
- apical pulse
- pulse rate taken by placing a stethoscope over the tip of the heart
- increment
- amount of increase in measurements
- expiration
- exhalation
- hypotension
- low blood pressure
- metabolism
- sum total of the physical & chemical processes and reactions taking place in the body
- apnea
- periods of no respiration
- probe
- the portion of the electric or tympanic thermometer placed in the patient
- pubic
- concerning the pues
- celsius scale
- scale for measuring temperature
- symmetry
- matching or correspondence in size for and arrangement
- electric thermonmeter
- batter-operated clinical thermometer that used a probe and record the temperature on a viewing screen in a few seconds
- body core
- center of the body
- stertorous
- snoring
- blood pressure
- pressure of blood exerted against vascular walls
- trendeleburg position
- position in which the patient has the patient has the head lower than the feet
- digital thermometer
- hand-held, battery operated device that register temperature and displays reading as numbers
- dyspnea
- difficult or labored breathing
- elasticity
- ability to stretch
- brachial artery
- main artery of the arm
- diastolic pressure
- blood pressure during period of cardiac ventricular relaxation
- systolic pressure
- blood pressure exerted by the ventricles during the heart's contractions pulse
- hypertension
- high blood pressure
- cheyne
- stokes respiration-periods or apnea alternation with periods of dyspnea
- percussion hammer
- instrument used to test reflexes
- knee-chest position
- position in which the patient is on the abdomen with knees drawn up toward the abdomen & legs separated; arms brought up & flexed on either side of the head, which is turned to one side
- otoscope
- instrument used to examine the ears
- inspiration
- drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation
- cuticle
- base of the fingernail
- sphygmomanometer
- instrument for determining arterial pressures; blood pressure gauge
- tympanic thermometer
- devices used to measure temperature at the tympanic membrane in the ear
- diastole
- period during which the heart muscles relaxes & the chamber fill with blood
- depressant
- drug that slows down body functions
- cyanosis
- dusky, bluish, discoloration of the skin, lips and nails caused by inadequte oxygen
- perineum
- serous membrane that line the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities
- flagged
- marked in a special way to call attention to it
- pulse pressure
- difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure
- ausculatory gap
- sound fade-out for 1-15mm HG pressure
- aneroid gauge
- device for measuring and registering blood pressure
- tachypnea
- usually rapid shallow respirations
- dorsal recumbent position
- position in which the patient is on the back with knees flexed and slightly separated; with feet flat on bed
- respiration
- process of taking oxygen into the body and expelling carbon dioxide
- radial pulse
- pulse that can be measured by palpating the radial artery
- rhythm
- the repeat interval of measured time or movement
- dorsal lithotomy position
- position in which the patient is on the back with knees flexed and well separated, feet are usually placed in stirrups
- kilogram (kg)
- metric unit of weight measurement
- pulse
- wave of blood pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries in responses to ventricular contraction
- rales
- abnormal respiratory sound heard in auscultation of the chest
- balance bar
- section of an upright scale that holds weights used to determine a patient's weight
- accelerated
- increase or faster motion in pulse or respiration
- speculum
- instrument used to dilate a body opening
- tachycardia
- unusually rapid heart beat
- clinical thermometer
- instrument used to measure body temperature
- perineal care
- cleansing of genitalia and rectal areas
- baseline
- measurement of a patient's vital signs
- centimeter (cm)
- one-hundreth (0.1) of a meter
- stimulant
- agent that produces stimulation
- pound (lb)
- unit measurment of weight
- body shell
- outer surface of the body
- systole
- contraction or period of contraction or cardiac muscle
- volume
- capacity or size of an object or and area
- vital signs
- measurements of temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure