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1
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Moving around a central axis

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Rotation

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Moving an arm or leg away from the body

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Abduction

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Moving an arm or leg toward the body

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Adduction

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Raising a body part

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Elevation

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Lowering a body part

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Depression

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Moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground

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Protraction

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Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

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Retraction

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Stiffness and rigidity of joints

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Ankylosis

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Inability of muscles to shorten or lengthen limiting joint mobility

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Contracture

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Legs: Thigh to knee

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Upper leg

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Legs: Knee to ankle

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Lower leg

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12
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Fully awake and conscious

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Alert

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Not fully awake, drifts off to sleep

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Lethargic

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14
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Sleeps most of the time and difficult to arouse

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Obtunded

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15
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Spontaneously unconscious

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Stupor/semi-coma

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16
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Completely unconscious

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Coma

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17
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Acute confusion or clouding of consciousness

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Delirium

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Head, body, pubic lice

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Pediculi

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19
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Administration of medicine by mouth

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Orally or per orem

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20
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Administration of medicine by rectum

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Rectally

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21
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Medicine: Act of breathing in of air or of vapor

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Inhalation

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22
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Administration of medicine under the skin

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Subcutaneous

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23
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Administration of medicine within the skin

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Intradermal

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24
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Administration of medicine within the muscle

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Intramuscular

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25
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Administration of medicine within the vein

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Intravenous

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26
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Administration of medicine by pouring into body cavity

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Installation

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27
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Painful menstruation

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Dysmenorrhea

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28
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Absence of menstruation

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Amenorrhea

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29
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Excessive bleeding during menstruation

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Menorrhagia

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30
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Bleeding in between menstrual period

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Metrorrhagia

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31
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Physiologic cessation of menstruation

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Menopause

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32
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Mental: distrustful

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Suspicious or paranoid

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33
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Mental: Happy

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Optimistic or cheerful

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Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive; external danger is known and identified

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Fear

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35
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Mental: worried, uneasy, apprehensive from the anticipation of danger whose source is unknown

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Anxiety

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36
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Mental: loss of memory

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Amnesia

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37
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Mental: restlessness

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Agitated

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38
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Mental: irritable

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Easily provoked or impatient

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39
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Pleasant odor

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Aromatic

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40
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Not pleasant odor

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Foul

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41
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Very unpleasant odor

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Offensive-foul

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42
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Great pain

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Severe

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43
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Little pain

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Slight

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44
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Sudden attack of pain

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Paroxysmal

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45
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Pain that spreads to distant areas

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Radiating

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46
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Pain that started all at once

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Sudden onset

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47
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Joint pain

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Arthralgia

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48
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Muscle pain

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Myalgia

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49
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Pain in the ear; earache

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Otalgia

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50
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Paralysis of the muscles of the face

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Facial paralysis

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51
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Paralysis of lower half of the body

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Paraplegia

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52
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Paralysis of one extremity

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Monoplegia

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53
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Paralysis of one side of the body

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Hemiplegia

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54
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Paralysis of four extremities

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Quadriplegia

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55
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Motor weakness in half of the body (divided vertically, right)

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Hemiparesis

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56
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Admission of walking patient

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Ambulatory

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57
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Admission of carried patients

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In arms

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58
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Admission of patient by wheelchair

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Per wheelchair

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59
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Admission of patient by stretcher

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Per stretcher

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60
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Positions: one side lying

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Lateral

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61
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Semi prone, side lying position

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Sim’s (left or right)

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62
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Positions: head and trunk are raised to 45 to 90°

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Fowler’s

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63
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Positions: head and trunk are raised to 15 to 45°

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Semi fowler’s / low

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64
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Positions: head and trunk are raised to 90°

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High fowler’s

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65
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Positions: On back, buttocks near edge of the table, knees well flexed and separated

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Lithotomy

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66
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Positions: On back, knees flexed and apart, feet flat on the table or bed

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Dorsal recumbent

67
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Positions: Resting on knees and chest

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Knee-chest

68
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Positions: On back, pelvis higher than head

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Trendelenburg

69
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Positions: On abdomen, face turned to one side

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Prone

70
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Positions: Prone with hips over break in the table and feet below level of head

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Jackknife

71
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Number of beats per minute

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Rate

72
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Rhythm

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Regular or irregular (arrythmia)

73
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Beats missed at intervals

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Intermittent

74
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Rapid pulse rate

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Tachycardia

75
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Slow pulse rate

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Bradycardia

76
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One scarcley perceptible

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Thready

77
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Small, rapid pulse

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Wiry

78
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With excessive recoil wave

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Dicrotic

79
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Pulseless

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Asphyctic

80
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Pressure of blood during ventricular contraction

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Systolic pressure

81
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Pressure of blood during ventricular relaxation

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Diastolic pressure

82
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Difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure

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Pulse pressure

83
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High blood pressure, over 140/90 mmHg

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Hypertension

84
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Low blood pressure, below 100/60 mmHg

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Hypotension

85
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Normal blood pressure

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Normotension

86
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Removal of appendix

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Appendectomy

87
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Removal of uterus

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Hysterectomy

88
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Removal of ovary

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Oophorectomy

89
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Removal of breast

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Mastectomy

90
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Removal of tonsils

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Tonsillectomy

91
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Removal of kidney

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Nephrectomy

92
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Removal of a lungs

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Pneumonectomy

93
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Removal of thyroid gland

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Thyroidectomy

94
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Pink, hot skin

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Flushed

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Skin that is blue in color

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Cyanotic

96
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Very white skin

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Extreme pallor

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Skin that shines

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Glossy

98
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Skin: Raw surface

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Excoriation

99
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Skin that is yellow in color

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Jaundiced

100
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Torn skin

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Lacerated

101
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Skin containing pigments

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Pigmented

102
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Moist skin

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Wet

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Scraped skin

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Abraded, denuded

104
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Small ecchymosis of skin

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Petechia

105
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Excessive sweating of skin

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Diaphoresis

106
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Spoon shaped fingernails

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Koilonychia

107
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Red and area, sores or ulcers of the skin occurring over bony prominences

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Pressure sore or bed sore

108
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Accumulation of fluids in between the cells of the skin

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Edema

109
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Difficulty in falling asleep

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Insomnia

110
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Excessive daytime or nighttime sleep

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Hypersomnia

111
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Periodic cessation of breathing during sleep and is characterized by snoring

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Sleep apnea

112
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Sleepwalking

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Somnambulism

113
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Sleep talking

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Soliloquy

114
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Cleansing and grinding of teeth during sleep

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Bruxism

115
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Solution having same tension as of that of blood

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Isotonic

116
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Solution of greater tension

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Hypertonic

117
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Solution of less tension

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Hypotonic

118
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Symptoms observed by patient only

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Subjective

119
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Symptoms oberved by someone other than the patient

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Objective

120
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Act of expelling urine from the bladder

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Micturition, voiding, urination

121
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Involuntary passage of urine

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Urinary incontinence

122
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Application of manual pressure over the super pubic area to induce voiding

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Crede’s maneuver

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Absence of urine production

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Anuria

124
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Frequent voiding during the night

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Nocturia

125
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Excessive urine production

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Polyuria or diuresis

126
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Inadequate urine production

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Oliguria

127
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Painful or difficult urination

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Dysuria

128
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Voiding at frequent intervals

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Frequency

129
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Strong desire to void

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Urgency

130
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Difficulty in initiating voiding

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Hesitancy

131
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Repeated involuntary voiding beyond 4 to 5 years old

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Enuresis

132
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Frequent scanty urination

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Pollakuria

133
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Presence of pus in the urine

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Pyuria

134
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Presence of blood in the urine

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Hematuria

135
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Presence of hemoglobin in the urine

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Hemoglobinuria

136
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Presence of glucose in the urine

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Glucosuria

137
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Presence of albumin in the urine

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Albuminuria

138
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Presence of acetone in urine

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Acetonuria

139
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Presence of bile in urine

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Choluria

140
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Presence of sugar in urine

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Glycosuria

141
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Presence of bacteria in the urine

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Bacteriuria

142
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Presence of protein in the urine

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Proteinuria

143
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Presence of casts in the urine

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Cylindruria

144
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Presence of ketones in the urine

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Ketonuria

145
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Overweight

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Obese

146
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Thin, underweight

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Emaciated

147
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Severe weight loss and tissue wasting

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Cachexia

148
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Deep wound

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Deep

149
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Slight, surface only wound

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Superficial

150
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Not infected wound

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Clean

151
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Wound discharging pus

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Suppurating

152
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Infected wound

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Infected

153
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Torn wound

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Lacerated

154
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Inability to read

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Alexia

155
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Difficulty or discomfort in talking, with abnormal pitch or volume

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Dysphonia

156
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Distorted speech sounds

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Dysarthia

157
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Inability to speak clearly

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Expressive aphasia

158
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Inability to understand or interpret sounds and language

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Receptive aphasia

159
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Inability to write

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Agraphia

160
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Inability to do activities performed by fingers

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Apraxia

161
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Uncoordinated movements

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Ataxia

162
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Absence of sense of smell

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Anosmia

163
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Absence of sense of taste

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Ageusia

164
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Inability to recognize or interpret meaning of visual, auditory, or tactile sensory information although ability to perceive primary sensory modalities is intact

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Agnosia

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