Quiz 2 Flashcards
What kind of fever is without remissions and usually seen with gram - sepsis, or CNS damage?
Continued fever
What are the number and words assocaited with pulse amplitude?
0= absent, 1= diminished, 2= expected, 3= full, 4= bounding
Orthostatic systolic hypotension -
Falls 20 mm Hg or more
What is the allowed variation for bilateral pulses ?
10 mmHg
What are the vital statistics?
Height and weight
What are the 3 composted of the respiratory cycle?
Rate, rhythm, depth.
A temp greater than 105 is called what?
Hyerpyrexia
What are the 4 things you must evaluate with pulse?
Rate, rhythm, amplitude, contour
Diastole occurs when?
Dentricles relax and tricuspid and mitral valves open
What is associated with impending respiratory failure or of obesity hypoventilation?
Pickwickain syndrome
A rectal or ear temp above what is a fever?
101
What kind of breathing is seen in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis ?
Kussmaul reathing (hyperpnea)
Which accessible artery is closest to the heart?
The carotid
An oral temp above what is considered a fever?
100.4
Systole occurs when what contracts and what closes?
Ventricles contrac, tricuspid and mitral valves close
What is normal hr?
60-100
What is the most common cause of a fever?
Infection
Orthostatic diastolic hypotension –?
Fall of 10 mm Hg
What is normal diastolic range?
60-90
What are the 4 classic vital signs?
Temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure
Proximal pulses are better for evaluating for evaluating what?
Heart activity
Hypotension is classically considered BP under what?
90/60