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Anorexia: Lack or loss
of appetite, resulting in the inability to eat
Auscultation: The act
of listening for sounds within the body to evaluate the patient’s condition.
Biot’s breathing: Irregular
breathing pattern with alternating depths of volume and periods of hyperpnea.
Bradypnea: A respiratory
rate less than 10 per minute.
Bronchial breath sounds:
Loud breath sounds with equal inspiration and expiration.
Bruit: An abnormal sound
heard on auscultation of the heart or large vessels, caused by turbulence
or obstruction.
Carotid pulse: Pulse
found on either side of the trachea.
Cheyne-Stokes breathing:
Periods of hyperpnea alternating with periods of apnea.
Cyanosis:
Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an excess
of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood. An indicator of hypoxia.
Diaphoresis: Excessive
sweating.
Dyspnea: A subjective
sensation of shortness of breath or labored, sometimes accompanied by
pain.
Femoral pulse: Pulse
found between the leg and lower torso.
Hematemesis: Vomiting
of blood
Hemoptysis: Coughing
up blood from the respiratory tract.
Hypertension:
Persistently high blood pressure. Blood pressures above 140 mmHg systolic.
Hypotension:
An abnormal condition in which the blood pressure is not adequate for
normal perfusion and oxygenation of the tissues. Blood pressures below
80 mmHg systolic.
Hypovolemia: An
abnormally low circulating blood volume.
Korotkoff sound:
Sounds heard during the taking of blood pressure using a sphygmomanometer
and stethoscope.
Kussmaul breathing:
Hyperpnea with abnormal large volumes, followed with hypopnea, then followed
with apnea.
Larynx: Adam’s apple.
Pitting edema: Found
at the ankles and is excessive fluid leaving indentations to the skin
when touched.
Pleural rub: Caused
by an irritation of the visceral and parietal pleural lining.
Pulse: Best location
for adults are radial, carotic and femoral pulse.
Rales: Caused by air
passing through fluid in the bronchus and popping open.
Sphygmomanometer:
Blood pressure measuring device.
Syncope: Temporary
unconsciousness; fainting.
Tachypnea: A respiratory
rate greater than 40 per minute.
Therapist Driven Protocol:
A standardized practice for a commonly used therapy or regimen that is
developed by RCPs.
Tidal volume: Amount
of air that moves in and out of the lungs with each breath.
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