VERY IMPORTANT TERM REGARDING ABNORMAL VITALS

 VERY IMPORTANT TERM REGARDING ABNORMAL VITALS 

(a) RESPIRATION

1.TACHYPNEA 

It is the increase of respiratory rate over 24 breath per minute

 

2.BRADYPNEA - 

It is the decrease of respiratory rate less than 10 breath per minute 

3.APNOEA 

it is the total cessation of breathing 

4.HYPERPNOEA-

It is increase in the depth of respiration 

5.ORTHOPNOEA-

It is the difficulty of breathing in upright position 

6.STERTOROUS-

It is a noisy breathing with snoring sound made by the air passage the secretion.. 

7.STRIDOR - 

A harsh, vibrating, shrill sound is produced by during respiration as seen in upper airway obstruction. 

8.RAlE - An abnormal ratting or bubbling sound caused by the mucus in the air passages 

9.WHEEZE. 

The high pitched, musical whistling sound that occurs with the partial obstruction of smaller bronchi 

10.SIGH-a very deep inspiration followed by prolong expiration 

11.AIR HUNGER - 

A form of dyspnea in which there are deep sighing respiration 

12.CHEYNE STOK'S RESPIRATION 

It is an increase in rate and depth of respiration alternates with period of apnea

13.DYSPNEA - Difficult or laboured breathing 

14.CYANOSIS - Blueness or discoloration of skin and mucus membrane caused by lack of oxygen in the tissue 

15.ANOXIA - 

Absent of oxygen in tissue 

16.ASPHYXIA - 

It is the state of suffocation 

17.KUSSMAUL RESPIRATION 

It is characterized by a deep, rapid breathing pattern.

18.BIOT RESPIRATION 

an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of regular deep inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea

(b) PULSE 

1.Dicrotic pulse 

There is one heart beat and two arterial pulsation giving the sensation of a double beat 

2.Water hammer pulse 

A full volume of pulse but rapidly collapsing pulse occuring aortic regurgitation or incompetence

3.Bounding pulse 

It signifies as increased stroke volume 

4.Bigeminal pulse 

It is accompanied by an irregular rhythm in which every others beat comes early 

5.Paradoxical pulse 

The force and strength of this pulse wave varies

 (c) TEMPERATURE

1.CRISIS 

*True crisis 

*false crisis 

2.LYSIS

3.Constant fever 

4.Remittent fever 

5.intermittent /Quotidian fever 

6.Inverse fever 

7.Hectic or swinging fever 

8.Relapsing fever 

9.irregular fever 

10.Rigor 

11. pyrexia 

*low

*moderate 

*high 

*hyper

12.Sub normal temperature 

13.Hyperthermia

14.hypothermia