Measurements
Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure
Device that can determine the oxygen content of the arterial blood.
Pulse Oximeter
Without symptoms
Asymptomatic
Bluish discoloration of the skin
Cyanosis
A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.
Rate
Part of a sphygmomanometer, a scale that registers the actual pressure reading.
Manometer
No fever
Afebrile
Low blood pressure that occurs standing up
Orthostatic hypotension
A clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen in the blood.
Oxygen saturation
Instrument used to measure blood pressure.
Sphygmomanometer
Absence of breathing
Apnea
The part of a cell or tissue which, in general, faces an open space
Apical
Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure.
Vital signs
Calculates the body temperature from the energy generated by the heat waves generated within the ear canal and near the ear drum.
Tympanic Membrane Thermometer
Abnormal heart rhythm
Arrhythmia
Slow heart rate
Bradycardia
Measurement of the human body
Anthropometry
Sounds heard as the arterial wall distends during the compression of the blood pressure cuff.
Korotkoff sounds
An extremely high fever
Hyperpyrexia
The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth.
Frenulum linguae