| A | B |
|---|
| Rate | number of beats per minute |
| RRR | regular, rate, rhythm |
| Arrhythmia | nor a regular rhythm |
| Bradycardia | slower heart beat |
| Tachycardia | fast heart beat |
| Palpitations | "fluttering" of the heart |
| Bigeminal pulse | an abnormality but can produce a regular rate even though it is irregular |
| Premature beat | a heart beat that occurs before it is suppose to happen |
| Apical radial pulse | requires 2 nurses |
| Respirations | external and internal |
| external respiration | mouth to lungs |
| internal respiration | tissues and cells |
| eupenia | normal breathing 12-20 per minute |
| bradypenia | slow breathing |
| tachypenia | rapid breathing |
| polypenia | excessive breaths |
| hyperpenia | too many breaths |
| hypoventalation | slow breathing due to not getting enough oxygen |
| dyspenia | shortness of breath |
| orthopenia | leaning over to breathe better |
| cheyne-stokes breathing | generally heard in patients in immenient death |
| apnea | not breathing |
| stertorous | snoring/snorting sounds |
| adventitious sounds | abnormal sounds |
| rales | rattling sounds. common in pneaumonia |
| rhonchus | wheezing, rough sound. can sound like whistling |
| stridor sounds | a child with croup is the best example |
| plural friction rub | rubbng sound and it is painful |
| hypoxemia | nor enough oxygen in the blood |
| hypoxia | not enough oxygen getting into the system |
| cyanosis | not getting enough oxygen. bluish tinge to the skin |
| kussmal breathing | deep, gasping breathing, associated with diabetes |
| vital signs | also know as csardinal symptoms |
| suppuration | formation of pus |
| abscess | localizated collection of pus |
| necrosis | death of tissue |
| sloughing | scaling/flaking off tissue |
| ulcer | open unhealed epithial tissue that can also take place on the skin |
| wound | both injury and surgery can cause one |
| fistula | abnormal to by passage that connects 2 organs |
| Sequele related disorders | something that occurs as a process of the disease diagnosis that is unintended |
| infiltration | fluid filled, locaized infiltration |
| induration | hardened and damage of the tissue |
