Other Flashcards
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Bradycardia
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Pulse less than 60 beats per min
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Tachycardia
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Pulse more than 100 beats per min
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Korotkoff sounds
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Phase I = first sound heard (=systolic blood pressure)
Phase II= sound increases in intensity
Phase III= sound decreases in intensity
Phase IV= sound becomes muffled
Phase V= sound disappears (diastolic pressure)
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Morbidity
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Morbidity refers to the state of being diseases or unhealthy within a population
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Mortality
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Mortality is the term used for the number of ppl who died within a population
5
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Therapeutic index
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[drug producing adverse effects]/[same drug producing desired effects]
Desirable to get high (fractions: we want top number to be big)
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Pharmacokinetics
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wat the body does to the drug
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pharmacodynamics
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wat the drug does to the body
