NURSING 1I02 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 13: Tachycardia, Pulse Pressure, Pulse
13 Nov 2016
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Apnea: the cessation of respiration for several seconds. Bradycardia: a slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute in adults (potter 512) Tachycardia: an abnormally fast heart rate, more than 100 beats per minute in adults (potter. Bradypnea: rate of breathing is regular but abnormally slow. Tachypnea: rate of breathing is regular but abnormally rapid. Systolic: the peak of maximum pressure when ejection occurs (potter 521) Diastolic: the minimal pressure exerted against the arterial walls at any time. (potter 521) Hyoptension: when the systolic blood pressure decreases to 90 mm hg or lower (potter 523) Hypothermia: heat loss during prolonged exposure to cold overwhelms the body"s ability to produce heat (potter 494) Hypoventilation: respiratory rate is abnormally low, and depth of ventilation may be depressed. Kortokoff sounds: deflate the (cid:272)uff slo(cid:449)l(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)e(cid:374)l(cid:455), a(cid:271)out 2 (cid:373)(cid:373) hg per heart(cid:271)eat.
