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Physical Assessment: General Survey Flashcards

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Weight: Changes

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2.2 lbs = 1 kgShoes offNote changes: may be due to fluid retention, muscle, or fat gain/loss.

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Weight: Calculation

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2.2 lbs = 1 kg

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Weight: BMI, calculation and significant ranges

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Weight (kg) / Height (m)^2Above 25: assess nutrition, screen-excess body fat or muscle toneBelow 18.5: Concern, suspect-Anorexia, Bulimia, malnutrition

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Height: Observations and screening

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Short / tallSlender / lankyMuscular / stockyGeneral body proportionsDeformities

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Temperature: 4 types

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OralRectal: coreAxillaryTympanic: core

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Temperature: Normal Limits (F and C)

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97-99 F, 36.1-37.7 C

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Blood Pressure: 2 parts

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Systolic (ventricles contractDiastolic (ventricles at rest)

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Blood pressure: Not Static, varies with

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positionCircadian rhythmStressNutritional statusdrugsDisease

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Pulse Pressure

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Systolic-DiastolicNormal is 30-40

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Widened Pulse Pressure Disease States (8)AAA - ABE - PT

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Aortic CoarctationAortic RegurgitationAtreiovenus FistulaAnemiaBeriberi HeartEmotional StatePatent Ductus ArteriosusThryrotoxicosis

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Narrow Pulse Disease States

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Ascites (fluid in abdomen)Pericardial Effusion (fluid around heart)Constrictive Pericarditis (thick shell around heart)Severe Aortic Stenosis (AV narrowed)Tachycardia

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JNC - 7: Normotensive, Pre-hypertension, Stage 1 hypertension, Stage 2 Hypertension

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Normal: < 120 / < 80Pre: 120 - 139 / 80 - 89S1: 140 - 159 / 90 - 99S2: > 160 / > 100

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HTN Risk: Diseases

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Coronary heart diseaseStrokeCHFEnd-stage renal diseasePVD

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HTN: Complications (in General Systems)

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CNSOpthalmologicCardiacVascularRenal

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Korotkoff Sounds

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Phase 1: THUDPhase 2: Sound of turbulent flowPhase 3: Softer thudPhase 4: Softer blowing sound that disappearsPhase 5: Silence

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Capillary Refill

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Press down on nail bed and release. White spot should disappear in under 3 seconds

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Pulse: Location (6)

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carotidradialbrachialfemoralposterior tibialdorsalis pedis

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Pulse: Normal limits AdultNewborn1yr3yr6yr10yr

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Adult:60-100Newborn: 120-1701yr: 80-1603yr: 80-1206yr: 75-11510yr: 70-110

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Pressure: SphygmomanometerFalse HighFalse Low

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High: Cuff too short or narrow-Anxiety, arm too low, muscle contraction, smokingLow: Cuff too wide or long-Arm too high, bell pressed too firmly/touching cuff, failure to recognize an auscultatory gap.

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Pulse Abnormalities: Small Weak

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Hypovolemia, aortic stenosis, cold, CHF

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Pulse Abnormalities: Large Bounding (6)

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Fever, anemia, hyperthyroidism,Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), heart block, atherosclerosis

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Pulse Abnormalities: Pulsus Alternans

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Varies in amplitude, beat to beatLV failure, S3

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Pulse Abnormalities: Paradoxical Pulse

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Decreases with inspirationPericardial tamponade (acute type of pericardial effusion) Obstructive Lung disease, constrictive pericarditis.

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Breathing Rhythm: Patterns (7)

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Bradypnea: under 12; coma, meds, deep sleepTachypnea: above 20; anxiety, heart/lung disease, FEVERHyperpnea: over 20 and deep, exercise, metabolicSighing: normal/anxietyCheyne-Stokes: dysrhythmic breathing due to CNS, drugsKussmal: Rapid deep, DKA, metabolic acidosisStridor: Harsh, high pitched inspiration

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Normal Breathing RatesAdultNewborn1 yr3 yr6 yr

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Adult: 12-20Newborn: 30-801 yr: 20-403 yr: 20-306 yr: 16-22

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Cachexia

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Decreased fat and muscle mass

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Pallor

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Pale/White appearance: Due to anemia, hypoxiaAlso, Normal coloring

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Jaundice

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Yellow coloration found in the palms, sclera, oral mucosaDue to Liver DiseaseNormal in newborn

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Systole

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The pressure exerted against the arteries during ventricular contraction

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Diastole

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The resting pressure when the ventricles are at rest

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Auscultatory gap

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Silent interval present b/t the systolic and diastolic pressures

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Cyanosis

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blue color of oral mucosa and nail beds. Associated with anemia and/or hypoxia

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Hyperpyrexia

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Fever, > 38 C, 100.5 F

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Hypothermia

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Low Temp < 35 C, 95 F (core)

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