Definitions 1
An acute alteration in mental functioning that is often reversible.
What is delirium?
Slow breathing is called this.
What is bradypnea?
The pain, discomfort, or dysfunction that caused the patient to request help.
What is the chief complaint?
Crunching sounds of unlubricated parts in the joints rubbing against each other.
What is crepitus?
Presence of an abnormal amount of fluid in the tissues.
What is edema?
A strict form of infection control based on the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious.
What are standard precautions?
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.
What is empathy?
The initial, intuitive evaluation of the patient.
What is the general impression?
Predominately inspiratory wheeze associated with laryngeal obstruction.
What is stridor?
Pain that is felt in a location away from its source.
What is referred pain?
The sound of turbulent blood flow around a partial obstruction.
What is bruit?
The cardiac muscle tissue of the heart.
What is the myocardium?
The production of sound waves by striking one object against another.
What is percussion?
Light cracking, popping, nonmusical sounds usually heard during inspiration.
What are rales?
Deprivation of blood to the myocardium.
What is ischemia?
A medication that stimulates the kidneys to excrete water is called this.
What is a diuretic?
Discoloration around the umbilicus suggestive of intraabdominal hemorrhage.
What is Cullen's sign?
Phase of the cardiac cycle when the ventricles relax.
What is diastole?
Continuous high pitches musical sounds similar to a whistle.
What is wheezing?
Continuous sounds with a lower pitch and a snoring quality.
What is rhonchi?
Resistance in the blood vessels that the heart must overcome to eject blood.
What is afterload?
Substance that takes on a charge when dissolved in water.
What is an electrolyte?
The triangle around the heart formed by the bipolar leads.
What is Einthoven's triangle?
Discoloration over the flanks, suggesting intraabdominal bleeding.
What is Grey Turner's sign?
Vibration or humming felt when palpating the pulse.
What are thrills?