Ch 24: Vital Signs

Question 1

Absence or cessation of breathing

Answer 1

Apnea

Question 2

An abnormality or irregularity in the heart rhythm.

Answer 2

Arrhythmia

Question 3

Sickening, decreased elasticity and calcification of arterial walls

Answer 3

Arteriosclerosis

Question 4

A term used to describe a post that feels full because of increased power of cardiac concentration or as a result of increased blood volume.

Answer 4

Bounding

Question 5

A slow heartbeat; a post below 60 bpm

Answer 5

bradycardia

Question 6

Respirations that our regular in rhythm but slower than normal in rate

Answer 6

bradypnea

Question 7

Alexis secretion in the ear canal a.k.a. earwax

Answer 7

cerumen

Question 8

Breathing pattern characterized by rhythmic changes in the depths of respiration. The patient breaths deeply for a short time and then breathing is very slightly or stops breathing all together; the pattern occurs over and over every 45 sec to 3 minutes. This breathing pattern is seen in patients with heart failure or brain damage, but also in healthy individuals who hyperventilate, at high altitude’s, and with hip not it drug or narcotic overdose and sleep apnea.

Answer 8

Cheyenne-stokes respirations

Question 9

A progressive, irreversible long condition that results in diminished lung capacity.

Answer 9

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPD

Question 10

A pattern of activity or behavior that follows a day- night cycle.

Answer 10

Diurnal Rhythm

Question 11

Difficult or painful breathing

Answer 11

dyspnea

Question 12

Two names for an Elevated blood pressure of unknown cause that develops for no Apparent reason

Answer 12

Essential hypertension

Primary hypertension

Question 13

Pertaining to an elevated body temperature

Answer 13

Febrile

Question 14

Internal adaptation and change in response to environmental factors; multiple functions that attempt to keep the bodies functions and balance.

Answer 14

homeostasis

Question 15

Two names for Inflammation or infection of the external auditory canal

Answer 15

Otitis externa

Swimmers ear

Question 16

A term that refers to an area outside or away from an organ or structure

Answer 16

Peripheral

Question 17

A condition in which the radial pulse is less than the apical pulse; it may indicate a peripheral vascular abnormality.

Answer 17

Pulse deficit

Question 18

The difference between the stall look and diastolic blood pressure’s (30 to 50 MMHG is considered normal)

Answer 18

Pulse pressure

Question 19

A febrile Condition or fever

Answer 19

Pyrexia

Question 20

Abnormal or crackling Breath sounds during inspiration

Answer 20

Rales

Question 21

Abnormal rambling sounds on expiration that indicate airway obstruction by six secretions or spasms

Answer 21

Rhonchi

Question 22

Elevated blood pressure resulting from another condition, typically kidney disease.

Answer 22

Secondary hypertension

Question 23

And irregular heartbeat that originates in the sinoatrial node (pacemaker)

Answer 23

Sinus arrhythmia

Question 24

An instrument that measures the volume of air in hailed and exhaled

Answer 24

spirometer

Question 25

A term that describes a strenuous respiratory effort marked by a snoring sound

Answer 25

Stertorous

Question 26

Thank teen; a brief lapse in consciousness.

Answer 26

Syncope

Question 27

A rapid but regular heart rate; one that exceeds 100 bpm

Answer 27

tachycardia

Question 28

A condition marked by rapid, shallow respirations.

Answer 28

Tachypnea

Question 29

A term describing a post that is scarcely perceptible

Answer 29

Threads

Question 30

A high pitch sound heard on expiration; it indicates obstruction or narrowing of respiratory passages

Answer 30

Wheezing

Question 31

An age related blood pressure range

Systolic range: 100-119
Diastolic range: 60-79

Answer 31

Adult

Question 32

An age related respiration range

Rpm: range: 12-20
Average: 16

Answer 32

adolescent - adulthood

Question 33

An age related pulse range

Bpm range: 60-100

Answer 33

Adolescent to adulthood

Question 34

An age related temperature norms

Fahrenheit: 96.8
Celsius: 36

Answer 34

Elderly (70+)

Question 35

What are the four factors that can affect the body temperature?

Answer 35

• Age
• stress and physical activity
• gender
• external factors (smoking, drinking hot fluids, chewing gum…)

Question 36

A classification of fever

A fever which rises and falls only slightly during a 24 hour period. The temperature consistently remains above the patients average normal temperature range and fluctuates less than 3°.

Answer 36

Continuous fever

Question 37

A classification of fever

A fever which comes and goes, alternating between elevated and normal levels.

Answer 37

Intermittent fever

Question 38

A classification of fever

A fever which fluctuates considerably (3+ degrees) and never returns to the normal range

Answer 38

Remittent fever

Question 39

These basic heart sounds are produced by the functioning of the heart during the cardiac cycle.

These sounds are produced by vibrations of the arterial Wall when the blood surges back into the vessel after it has been compressed by the blood pressure cuff. This can be broken up in2 5 phases:
1)the 1st sounds heard as the cuff deflates; systolic sound
2)sounds can actually disappear during this stage called
auscultatory gap
3)rhythmic tapping
4)tapping becomes fainter and stops; diastolic sound
5) all sounds disappear

Answer 39

Korotkoff sounds