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A medical device that measures oxygen saturation in the blood by attaching to a person's fingertip.
What is a pulse oximeter?
The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart is at rest or filling with blood; the lower of the two blood pressure values
What is diastolic?
A strong and forceful pulse; often associated with conditions such as fever, anemia, or heart conditions.
What is a bounding pulse?
Abnormally low body temperature, often due to exposure to cold.
What is hypothermia?
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to inadequate oxygenation of the blood
What is cyanosis?
The temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.
What is apnea?
A small fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth
What is the frenulum linguae?
Low blood pressure; a condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is consistently too low.
What is hypotension?
An irregular heart rhythm; a condition where the heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly.
What is arrhythmia?
High blood pressure; a condition where the force of the blood against the artery walls is consistently too high.
What is hypertension?
Abnormally slow heart rate, typically fewer than 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
Abnormally slow breathing rate; slower than the normal respiratory rate.
What is bradypnea?
Relating to the apex or the lowest point; often used in the context of the heart to refer to the apex of the heart or the point of maximal intensity of a heartbeat.
What is apical pulse?
A pulse that comes and goes; not continuous.
What is an intermittent pulse?
Blood pressure measured in the standing position to assess changes with postural shifts.
What is orthostatic blood pressure?
Extremely high body temperature, often used to describe temperatures above 106°F (41.1°C).
What is hyperpyrexia?
Abnormally high body temperature, often due to external factors or excessive heat.
What is hyperthermia?
An instrument for measuring pressure, often used in healthcare to measure blood pressure
What is a manometer?
Fever; an elevated body temperature, usually in response to infection or inflammation.
What is pyrexia?
The measurement of the size and proportions of the human body, typically including height and weight.
What are anthropometric measurements
Having a fever; characterized by an elevated body temperature
What is febrile?
Abnormally fast heart rate, typically more than 100 beats per minute.
What is tachycardia?
Normal and comfortable breathing at a normal rate
What is eupnea?
The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure values.
What is pulse pressure?
The percentage of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen in the blood.
What is oxygen saturation?
The quantity or amount of something; in healthcare, may refer to the amount of blood pumped by the heart or the volume of air inhaled and exhaled during respiration
What is volume?
Having no symptoms of a particular disease or condition; not showing any signs of illness.
What is asymptomatic?
The phase of the cardiac cycle when the heart is contracting and pumping blood; the higher of the two blood pressure values.
What is systolic?
Abnormally rapid and deep breathing, leading to a decrease in carbon dioxide levels in the blood
What is hyperventilation?
The difference between the heart rate and the pulse rate, indicating a lack of corresponding peripheral pulses.
What is pulse deficit?
Fainting or a temporary loss of consciousness due to a lack of blood flow to the brain.
What is syncope?
Having no fever; normal body temperature
What is afebrile
A weak and rapid pulse that feels like a fine thread under the fingertips.
What is thready pulse?
A thermometer that measures body temperature by sensing infrared radiation from the eardrum.
What is a tympanic membrane thermometer?
Key indicators of physiological functioning, including temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure
What are vital signs?