Vital Signs
What is the normal adult heart rate range?
60-100
What is apnea?
Complete lack of breathing usually longer than 10 seconds.
What is barrel chest?
Increase in anterior-posterior diameter.
What is Kyphosis?
Concave curvature of the spine, hunchback appearance.
What are normal breath sounds?
Vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial and tracheal breath sounds.
What is the normal adult respiratory rate?
12-20
What is tachypnea?
Rapid, labored breathing.
What is hyperventilation?
Rapid respiratory rate.
What is scoliosis?
Lateral curvature of the spine, can impair the lungs.
What is rhonchi?
Low pitched, continuous, loose secretions moving through the airways.
What is normal adult blood pressure?
120/80
What is Kussmauls respirations?
Rapid and deep respirations common to diabetic ketoacidosis patients.
What is symmetry?
Equal chest rise and fall.
What is kyphoscoliosis?
Combination of kyphosis and scoliosis: hunchback and the lateral curvature of the spine.
What is wheezing?
Musical sounds can be heard on both inspiration and expiration, indicates a narrowed airway.
What is normal body temperature?
98.6 or 37 degrees Celsius
What is Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
Slow breathing, gradually increasing in RR and depth (tidal volume) then gradually decreasing to complete apnea.
What is increased work of breathing WOB?
Increased respiratory rate and change in tidal volume, and accessory muscle use.
What is Pectus carinatum?
Sternum protrudes forward, also called: "pigeon breast"
What is stridor?
Upper airway obstruction, loud, high pitched sounds, emergent in nature and distress is noted.
What is hypertension?
160/110
What is paradoxical breathing?
Flail chest: the chest moves in on inspiration and out on expiration.
What is accessory muscle use?
Scalene, sterno-clidalmastoid, and pectoralis muscles.
What is Pectus excavatum?
Sternum is depressed inward, also called: funnel chest.
What is rales or crackles?
Bubbling, crackling, sounds, like rice crispies in milk.