VITAL SIGNS EXAM REVIEW

VITAL SIGNS

100

DIFFICULT OR LABORRED RESPIRATIONS 

DYSPNEA 

200

ANOTHER TERM FOR FEVER IS 

PYREXIA 

300

THE MOST ACCURATE WAY FOR TAKING TEMPERATURE IS 

RECTAL 

400

A PULSE RATE UNDER 60 IS KNOWN AS 

BRADYCARDIA 

HEALTH SCIENCE

100

THIS TYPE OF BREATHING HAS PERIODS OF DYSPNE AND APNEA 

CHYEYNE-STOKES 

200

HEART SOUNDS ARE CAUSED BY 

CLOSING OF THE VALVES OF THE HEART 

300

A PULSE RATE OVER 100 BEATS PER MINUTES 

TACHYCARDIA 

400

WHAT IS THE ABSENCE OF BREATHING 

APNEA