Vital Signs
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defined as various determinations that provide infromation about the basic body conditions of the patient
What is Vital Signs?
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gland
What is aden?
100
pain
What is algia?
100
colon
What is col?
100
inflamation of the gums
What is gingivitis?
200
a measurement of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body
What is temperature?
200
crooked, looped, immovable, fixed
What is ankyl?
200
secrete
What is crine?
200
ribs
What is cost?
200
disease in the nerves
What is neuropathy?
300
1) Respirations 2) Pulse 3) Temperature 4) Blood pressure 5) Pain
What are the five types of vital signs?
300
white
What is alba?
300
germ/embryonic cell
What is blast?
300
air tubes in lunges
What is bronchus?
300
cutting into the head
What is craniotomy?
400
low blood pressure when the pressure is below 100mm Hg systolic and 60 mm hg diastolic
What is hypotension?
400
blue
What is cyan?
400
surfical puncture to remove fluid
What is centesis?
400
slow
What is brady?
400
pain in the muscle and nervous system
What is fibromyoalgia?
500
difficult or labored breathing
What is dyspnea?
500
fatty, lupid
What is ather?
500
weakness, lack of strength
What is asthenia?
500
nervous system
What is fibro?
500
swelling of the bladder
What is cystocele?
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