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Rad 1125 - exam 2 Questions with Answers
-pnea
Ans: Refers to breathing, respiration.
-thermo
Ans: Refers to heat.
Hyper-
Ans: Refers to over, above
Hypo-
Ans: Refers to under, below
Define hyperthermia
Ans: Abnormally high body temperature, especially that is induced for therapeutic
purposes. When a patient's body temperature increases above the normal body
temperature range.
identify the causes of hyperthermia
Ans: Any event that increases cellular metabolism also increases body temperature.
Define hypothermia
Ans: Low body temperature. When a patient's body temperature falls below the normal
body temperature range.
identify the causes of hypothermia
Ans: Can be caused by prolong exposure to cold environmental temperatures, trauma to
the hypothalamus, or medically induced.
Define tachypnea
Ans: Abnormal rapidity of breathing. Used to describe an increase respiratory rates greater
than 20 breaths/min in an adult patient.
identify the causes of tachypnea
Ans: Exercise, fever, anxiety, pain, infection, heart failure, chest trauma, decreased oxygen
in the blood, and central nervous system disease.
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Define bradypnea
Ans: Abnormal slowness of breathing. Used to describe a decrease in the respiratory rate.
identify the causes of bradypnea
Ans: Results from the depression of the respiratory center of the brain and is most
common with drug overdoses, head trauma and hypothermia.
Define tachycardia
Ans: Rapidity of the heart action, usually defined as a heart rate increase by more than 20
beats per minute (BPM) in a resting adult or a heart rate greater than 100 BPM. Refers to an
increase in heart rate.
identify the causes of tachycardia
Ans: Can be caused by an increase in cellular demands for oxygen such as: exercise, fever,
anemia, respiratory disorders, congestive heart failure, hypoxemia, and shock. Can be
caused by an increase in stimulus through the nervous system such as: pain, anger, fear,
anxiety, and medications.
Define bradycardia
Ans: Refers to a decrease in heart rate. The slowness of the heartbeat as evidenced by
slowing of the pulse rate to less than 60 beats per minute (BPM).
identify the causes of bradycardia
Ans: Unrelieved sever pain, subsequent heart problems, and heart failure.
Define hypertension
Ans: Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Usually identified as a blood pressure that is
persistently greater than 140/99 mm Hg.
-Hypertension is categorized into three different stages:
1. Prehypertension, 2. Stage 1 hypertension, and 3. Stage 2 hypertension.
identify the causes of hypertension
Ans: Stress, medications, obesity, smoking, and various disease states.
Define hypotension
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Ans: Abnormally low blood pressure, seen in shock but not necessarily indicative of shock.
Usually identified as a blood pressure of less than 90/60 mm Hg.
- Hypotension is generally desirable as long as it does not produce symptoms
identify the causes of hypotension
Ans: Can be caused by a patient in shock from severe bleeding, burns, vomiting, diarrhea,
trauma, or heat exhaustion that is caused by a decrease in total blood volume.
Diaphoresis:
Ans: Profuse sweating.
Febrile:
Ans: Pertaining to or characterized by fever.
Ventilation:
Ans: Mechanical movement of air into and out of the lungs.
Apnea:
Ans: Not breathing.
Used to describe the absence of spontaneous ventilation.
Dyspnea:
Ans: Used to describe difficult breathing.
Orthopnea
Ans: Refers to difficulty breathing (dyspnea) unless sitting up or standing up.
Auscultation:
Ans: Listening to the sounds of the body, typically through the use of a stethoscope.
Apical pulses:
Ans: Pulse rates obtained from placing a stethoscope over the heart and counting each
heartbeat to measure the pulse rate.
Pulse oximeter:
Ans: A noninvasive, photoelectric device used for determining the oxygen saturation of the
blood as well as the patient's pulse rate.
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Rad 1125 - exam 2 Questions with Answers
-pnea
Ans: Refers to breathing, respiration.
-thermo
Ans: Refers to heat.
Hyper-
Ans: Refers to over, above
Hypo-
Ans: Refers to under, below
Define hyperthermia
Ans: Abnormally high body temperature, especially that is induced for therapeutic
purposes. When a patient's body temperature increases above the normal body
temperature range.
identify the causes of hyperthermia
Ans: Any event that increases cellular metabolism also increases body temperature.
Define hypothermia
Ans: Low body temperature. When a patient's body temperature falls below the normal
body temperature range.
identify the causes of hypothermia
Ans: Can be caused by prolong exposure to cold environmental temperatures, trauma to
the hypothalamus, or medically induced.
Define tachypnea
Ans: Abnormal rapidity of breathing. Used to describe an increase respiratory rates greater
than 20 breaths/min in an adult patient.
identify the causes of tachypnea
Ans: Exercise, fever, anxiety, pain, infection, heart failure, chest trauma, decreased oxygen
in the blood, and central nervous system disease.
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Define bradypnea
Ans: Abnormal slowness of breathing. Used to describe a decrease in the respiratory rate.
identify the causes of bradypnea
Ans: Results from the depression of the respiratory center of the brain and is most
common with drug overdoses, head trauma and hypothermia.
Define tachycardia
Ans: Rapidity of the heart action, usually defined as a heart rate increase by more than 20
beats per minute (BPM) in a resting adult or a heart rate greater than 100 BPM. Refers to an
increase in heart rate.
identify the causes of tachycardia
Ans: Can be caused by an increase in cellular demands for oxygen such as: exercise, fever,
anemia, respiratory disorders, congestive heart failure, hypoxemia, and shock. Can be
caused by an increase in stimulus through the nervous system such as: pain, anger, fear,
anxiety, and medications.
Define bradycardia
Ans: Refers to a decrease in heart rate. The slowness of the heartbeat as evidenced by
slowing of the pulse rate to less than 60 beats per minute (BPM).
identify the causes of bradycardia
Ans: Unrelieved sever pain, subsequent heart problems, and heart failure.
Define hypertension
Ans: Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Usually identified as a blood pressure that is
persistently greater than 140/99 mm Hg.
-Hypertension is categorized into three different stages:
1. Prehypertension, 2. Stage 1 hypertension, and 3. Stage 2 hypertension.
identify the causes of hypertension
Ans: Stress, medications, obesity, smoking, and various disease states.
Define hypotension
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Ans: Abnormally low blood pressure, seen in shock but not necessarily indicative of shock.
Usually identified as a blood pressure of less than 90/60 mm Hg.
- Hypotension is generally desirable as long as it does not produce symptoms
identify the causes of hypotension
Ans: Can be caused by a patient in shock from severe bleeding, burns, vomiting, diarrhea,
trauma, or heat exhaustion that is caused by a decrease in total blood volume.
Diaphoresis:
Ans: Profuse sweating.
Febrile:
Ans: Pertaining to or characterized by fever.
Ventilation:
Ans: Mechanical movement of air into and out of the lungs.
Apnea:
Ans: Not breathing.
Used to describe the absence of spontaneous ventilation.
Dyspnea:
Ans: Used to describe difficult breathing.
Orthopnea
Ans: Refers to difficulty breathing (dyspnea) unless sitting up or standing up.
Auscultation:
Ans: Listening to the sounds of the body, typically through the use of a stethoscope.
Apical pulses:
Ans: Pulse rates obtained from placing a stethoscope over the heart and counting each
heartbeat to measure the pulse rate.
Pulse oximeter:
Ans: A noninvasive, photoelectric device used for determining the oxygen saturation of the
blood as well as the patient's pulse rate.
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