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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Continuous dry - rattling sounds heard on ausculation of the lungs caused by partial obstruction.






2. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






3. Risk for prolonged hypertension






4. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.






5. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






6. The average temperature in the older adult






7. Both strong and weak beats occur within 1 minute






8. A high temperature falls - usually in the morning - and again rises later in the day. The temperature never fails to normal in this type of fever until recovery occurs.






9. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






10. Enviromental temperature BP?






11. Air movemtn causes heat to be transferred from the skin to the air molecules.






12. State of insufficient oxygen






13. Drop in blood pressure when arising to a standing position.






14. Top of left foot






15. Taking axillary temperature






16. Diurnal variation BP?






17. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?






18. The temperature falls to normal and then rises again in a repeating pattern.






19. The difference between the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure






20. Weak and regular (even beats wit poor force)






21. If the cardiac output falls what will happen to the BP?






22. Excessive sweat production






23. How does size affect pulse?






24. Head injury or any increased intracranial pressure will depress the respiratory center and result in?






25. Lobes in the lungs?






26. Difficult and labored breathing - can often be accompanied by flared nostrils - anxious appearance - and statements such as I cant get enough air.






27. Snoring sound produced when patients are unable to cough up secretions from the trachea or bronchi






28. Feel






29. Whats the best position to take a rectal temperature?






30. Shock - hemorrhage - low cardiac output - inadequate volume of blood?






31. What affects does aging do to the blood pressure?






32. Gradual return to a normal temperature






33. Prehypertension






34. What should you do if you cannot determine BP by ausculation?






35. If blood becomes thicker - like when excessive blood cells are manufactured what happens to BP?






36. How does disease increase the body's temperature?






37. The temperature is continuously elevated with less than 1 degree of variation within a 24-hour period.






38. Disappearance of sound. (marks diastolic pressure in adults)






39. BP at or lower 90/60.






40. Gas exchange in the blood occurs where?






41. What patients should not use a glass thermometer orally?






42. Obtaining the correct size for a cuff for BP?






43. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






44. Barely palpable






45. Sex BP?






46. How is shock caused?






47. Difference between the apical and radial pulse - this requires two people to count the radial and apicial pulses at the same time to determine whether there is a what?






48. When should rectal temperatures be used?






49. Signs and symptoms of shock






50. A pattern of breathing in which there is an increase in the rate and the depth of breaths and carbon dioxide is expelled - causing te blood level of carbon dioxide to fall. this condition is seen after sever exertion - during high levels of anxiety o