Constitutional Flashcards

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Alert

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Looking around, awake, attentive

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Cachectic

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Extremely skinny, bony, malnourished

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Dehydrated

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General appearance of lacking water; dry lips, dry mucosa

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Distress

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A patient’s inability to tolerate their body-state, due to pain or respiratory failure

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Non-toxic

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Appearing stable and at no risk of deterioration

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Somnolent

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Appearing drowsy

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