Vital signs Flashcards
What are the different vital signs?
Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure, and Pain
Provide data that reflect the status of several body systems, including but not limited to cardiovascular, neurologic, peripheral vascular and respiratory systems?
Vital Signs
Two types of body temperature?
Core and Skin Temperature
May be seen in prolonged exposure to the cold?
Hypothermia
May be seen in viral or bacterial infection, malignancies, trauma and various blood, endocrine, immune system disorders.
Hyperthermia
A shock wave is produced when the heart contracts and forcefully pumps blood out of the ventricles into the aorta?
Pulse
The shock wave travels along the fibers of the arteries and is commonly called the _______?
Arterial Pulse or Peripheral Pulse
Notable Characteristics of respiration are?
Rate, Rhythm, and Depth
Reflects the pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries?
Blood Pressure
Ventricles are contracted?
Systolic Blood Pressure
Ventricles are relaxed?
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Is expressed as the ratio of the systolic pressure over the diastolic pressure?
Blood Pressure
A client’s blood pressure is affected by several factors?
*Cardiac Output
*Elasticity of the arteries
*Blood volume
*Blood velocity (heart rate)
*Blood Viscosity (Thickness)
The more blood the heart pumps, the greater the pressure in the blood vessels?
Cardiac Output
An increase in resistance in the peripheral vascular system, as it happens with people who have circulatory disorders, will increase blood pressure?
Peripheral Vascular Resistance
An increase in volume will increase blood pressure. A sudden drop in blood pressure may indicate a sudden blood loss, as with internal bleeding?
Circulatory Blood Volume
When the blood becomes thicker or more viscous (as with polycythemia), the blood pressure in the blood vessels will increase?
Viscosity
An increase in stiffness of the blood vessel walls?
Elasticity of Vessel Walls
The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure is termed as ____?
Pulse Pressure
When pain is present identify it’s ________?
Location
Intensity
Quality
Duration
Alleviating Factors
Pain quality may be described as ______?
Dull
Sharp
Radiating
Throbbing
COLDSPA meaning in assessing pain?
Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated Factors
An alteration in heartbeat felt by a patient is called____?
Palpitation
Can be caused by various circumstances, including sinoatrial node dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, medication reaction, or alteration in fluid volume?
Palpitation
Difficulty of breathing?
Dyspnea
Measure pulse and blood pressure when unable to measure by manual methods?
Doppler
Signs of malnutrition?
Edema, Muscle wasting, and Loss or Subcutaneous Fat
Decreased height and delayed puberty, with chubbiness, are seen in ______?
Hypopituitary dwarfism
Skeletal malformations with a decrease in height are seen in?
Achondroplastic dwarfism
Overgrowth of bones in the face, head, hands, and feet with normal height is seen in?
Hyperpituitarism
Extreme weight loss is seen in?
Anorexia Nervosa
Arm Span is greater than height, and pubis to sole measurement exceeds pubis to crown measurement is seen in?
Marfan Syndrome
Excessive body fat that is evenly distributed is referred to as____?
Exogenous obesity
Central body weight gain with excessive cervical obesity also referred to as ______?
Endogenous obesity
Curvatures of the spine?
Lordosis
Scoliosis
Kyphosis
Stiff rigid movements are common in ____?
Arthritis or Parkinson Disease
Slump shoulders may signify ______?
Depression, osteoporosis, kyphosis, Compression fracture
In older adults osteoporotic thinning and collapse of the vertebrae secondary to bone loss may result in?
Kyphosis
Temporal Temperature?
36.3°C - 37.9°C
Tympanic temperature?
36.7°C - 38.3°C
Rectal Temperature?
36.3°C - 37.9°C
Oral temperature?
35.9°C - 37.5°C
Axillary temperature?
35.4°C - 37.0°C
Is a rate more than 100 beats/minute. May occur with fever, certain medication, and other abnormal states, such as cardiac dysrhythmia?
Tachycardia
Is a rate below 60 beats per minute. Sitting or standing for long periods may cause the blood to pull and decrease the pulse rate?
Bradycardia
Respiration less than 8-12 Breaths/mins?
Bradypnea
Results from slow shallow breaths that may be seen with sedation or increase intracranial pressure?
Hypoventilation
Is an absence of respiration for more than 10 seconds?
Apnea
Respiration more than 24 breaths per minutes are seen with exercise fever anxiety or anemia?
Tachypnea
Is rapid deep breaths that may be seen in metabolic acidosis hypoxia anxiety or exercise?
Hyperventilation
Describes difficult or labored respiration?
Dyspnea
Oxygen saturation less than 92%?
Hypoxia
Oxygen saturation more than 99%?
Hyperoxemia
A drop of 20 mmhg or more from the recorded sitting blood pressure may indicate _____?
Orthostatic hypotension
Systolic pressure over 130 mmhg but diastolic pressure under 80 mmhg is called _____?
Isolated Systolic Hypertension
Normal blood pressure?
120/80 mmHg
These problems are worded as Risk for Complication?
*Hypertension
*Hypotension
*Dysrhythmias
*Hyperthermia
*Hypothermia
The affected client shows the characteristic overgrowth of bones in the face, head, and hands?
Acromegaly
The client shows the emaciated appearance that follows self starvation and accompanying extreme weight loss?
Anorexia Nervosa
Is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat?
Obesity
The Elongated fingers are characteristics of this condition?
Marfan Syndrome
The affected client reflects the centralized weight gain?
Cushing Syndrome
