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Factors affecting the pulse
(age, sex, exercise, fever, medication, hypovolemia/dehydration, stress, position,
pathology)
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Age: rate decreases as age increases
Sex: males have lower heart rate
Exercise: increases heart rate
Fever: increases heart rate
Medications: can either increase or decrease
Hypovolemia/Dehydration: increases heart rate
Stress: increases heart rate
Position: increases heart rate with standing
Pathology: heart conditions can impair heart rate
Orthopnea
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difficult breathing when lying down, relieved by sitting or standing
orthostatic hypotension
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sudden drop in BP when patient moves positions quickly (laying --> sitting -
-> standing)
Afebrile
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normal body temperature, no fever
Oxygen Saturation
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a clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with
oxygen in the blood
tachypnea
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increases rate more than 24 bpm
Adventitious Breath Sounds
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Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.
hypoventilation
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shallow respirations
Stage two hypertension
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140/90
What is the pulse?
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1-54 of 54
Click a definition to match it with a term
Factors affecting the pulse
(age, sex, exercise, fever, medication, hypovolemia/dehydration, stress, position,
pathology)
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Age: rate decreases as age increases
Sex: males have lower heart rate
Exercise: increases heart rate
Fever: increases heart rate
Medications: can either increase or decrease
Hypovolemia/Dehydration: increases heart rate
Stress: increases heart rate
Position: increases heart rate with standing
Pathology: heart conditions can impair heart rate
Orthopnea
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difficult breathing when lying down, relieved by sitting or standing
orthostatic hypotension
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sudden drop in BP when patient moves positions quickly (laying --> sitting -
-> standing)
Afebrile
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normal body temperature, no fever
Oxygen Saturation
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a clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with
oxygen in the blood
tachypnea
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increases rate more than 24 bpm
Adventitious Breath Sounds
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Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.
hypoventilation
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shallow respirations
Stage two hypertension
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140/90
What is the pulse?
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