Vitals Flashcards
BMI Ranges
Starvation
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese
Morbidly Obese
mass/height2
<14.9
15-18.4
18.5-22.9
23-27.5
27.6-40
>40
Temperature
Normal
Oral
Rectal
- 6
- 8-99.3
- 8-100.3
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia
94 (death 85)
Fever: 105.8-111.2
Irreversible cell damage/death= >111.2
Stages of fever
Prodromal
Invasion/onset
Stationary
Defervescence-termination
Types of fever
Intermittent: high <–> normal
Remittent: fluctuates above normal (3.6)
Relapsing: recurrent
Constant: less fluctuations than 3.6
_Pulse _
0: Absent
1+: Thready (irregular)
2+: Weak
3+: Normal
4+: Bounding
Pulse Oximetry
Hypoxemia
Hypoxia
Anoxia
O2 saturation: 96-100%
deficient oxygenation of blood
dminish suppy of O2 available to body tissues
complete lack of O2
Respiration
Eupnea
Bradypnea
Tachypnea
Kussmaui’s
Biots
Cheyne-Stokes
Apnea
Orthopnea
Normal (rate/depth)
slow (<10/minute)
fast (>24/minute)
regular but abornally deep/high rate
irregular, shallow, alternal period apnea
increase depth, gradual decrease, period apnea
absence of breathing
difficult (dyspnea) or labored breath
Blood pressure
Adults
Infants
Stystolic/diastolic
< 120/< 80 mm Hg
78-114/46-78 mm Hg
Karokoff’s sounds
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
1st clear faint sound- systolic
mumur/swishing
sound crisp and louder
sound distant, abrubt muffling, soft blowing- 1st diastolic
sound disappear- 2nd diastolic