Nursing 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Circadian Rhythm, Korotkoff Sounds, Auscultation
9 Dec 2016
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Tympanic (ear canal, rests besides tympanic membrane) 36. 0-37. 5 c. Rectal (most accurate, however most invasive) 37. 0-37. 5 c. If the method is not oral, you must record what method used. Axilla: newborns are at greatest risk for temperature. Lose most of their heat through their heads: assistance might be antipyretic, older adults mechanisms of maintaining homeostasis are bad. Hormone levels: females can change the basil temperature rate, method of birth control. Circadian rhythm: different times of the day can lead to different temperatures. Fever (pyrexia) [bmr increases 13% for every c increase] Pyrogen pathogen that causes a fever. Diaphoresis a fever that"s dropping people sweat that lowers temperature. With each ventricular contraction of ~60 ml (stroke volume) a pulse wave travels from the aorta through to the distal ends of the arteries. Temporal (above and towards outside of eye) Dorsalis pedis (over the instep of the foot) Age: faster with a baby, gets slower with age.
