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Respiratory & Cardiovascular
SG Respiratory & Cardiovascular System
27
Nursing
Undergraduate 1
10/22/2011

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Term
Oral
Definition

Baseline: 98.6° F

Normal range: 97.6° to 99.6° F (36.5° to 37.5° C)

Term
Rectal
Definition

Basline 99.6°F (37.5°C)

Normal Range:  98.6° to 100.6°F (37.0° to 38.1°C)

 

Term
Axillary
Definition

Basline:  97.6°F (36.5°C)

Normal Range:  96.6° to 98.6°F (35.9° to 37.0°C) 

Term
Tympanic membrane
Definition

Baseline: 98.6°F (37°C)

Noramal Range: 98.6°F (37°C)

Term
Temporal Artery
Definition

Baseline: 99.6°F (37.5° C)

Normal Range: 99.6°F (37.°C)

Term
Normal adult pulse range
Definition
60 to 100/bpm
Term
Normal adult blood pressure range
Definition
90/60 to 140/90 (Most physicians and the American Heart Association consider less than 120/80 to "normal") 
Term
Normal adult repiratory rate
Definition
12 to 20/minute
Term
Hypertension
Definition
The resting blood pressure is too high.  Blood pressure measurements thatt remain above a systolic pressure of 140 mm Hg or a diastolic presssure of 90 Hg.
Term
Systolic pressure
Definition
less than 120 mm Hg
Term
Diastolic pressure 
Definition
less than 80 mm Hg
Term
Pre-hypertension
Definition
When the systolic pressur is between 120 and 139 mm Hg or the diastolic pressure is between 80 and 89 mm Hg.  Person will mostl likely develop hypertension in the future.
Term
Hypotenstion
Definition
When the sytolic blood pressure is below 90 mm Hg and the diastolic pressure is below 60 mm Hg. 
Term
Bradycardia
Definition
is a slow heart rate. The heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.
Term
Tachycardia
Definition
is a rapid heart rate.  The heart rate is more than 100 beats per minute.
Term
Dyspnea
Definition
Difficult, labored, or painful breathing.  Heart disease, exercise, and anxiety are common causes.
Term
Bradypnea
Definition
slow breathing.  Respirations are fewer than 12 per minute.  Drug overdoes and central nervous system disorders are common causes.
Term
Tachypnea
Definition
rapid breathing.   Respirations are more than 20 per minute.  Fever, exercise, pain, pregnancy, airway obstruction, and hypoxemia are common causes.
Term
Apnea
Definition
lack or absence of breathing.  it occurs in sudden cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest.  sleep apnea and periodic apena of newborns are other types of apnea.
Term
Cheyne-Stokes
Definition
respirations gradually increase in rate and depth.  then they become shallow and slow.  breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds. drug overdoes, heart failure, renal failure, and brain disorders are common causes.  also common when death is near.
Term
Hypoventilation
Definition
respirations are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular.  Lung disorders affecting the alveoli are common causes.  Pneumonia is an example as well.  other causes include obesity, airway obstruction and drug side effects.
Term
Hyperventilation
Definition
respirations are rapid and deeper than normal.   its main causes include asthma, emphysema, infection, fever.
Term
Hypoxemia
Definition
a reduced amound of oxygen in the blood.
Term
Hypoxia
Definition
means that cells do not have enough oxygen.  
Term
Cyanosis
Definition
bluish color in skin, mucous membranes, lips, nail beds.
Term
Kussmaul respirations
Definition
very deep and rapid respirations.  They signal diabetic coma.
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