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The _____ _____ are body temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure.
Vital signs
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_____ _____ reflects the balance between the heat produced and the heat lost from the body, and is measured in heat units called degrees.
Body Temperature
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What is Core Temperature?
It is the temperature of the deep tissues of the body, such as the abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity. It remains relatively constant.
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What is Surface temperature?
It is the temperature of the skin, the subcutaneous tissue, and fat. It rises and falls in response to the environment.
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There are Factors Affecting body temperature, name them?
Age, Diurnal variations (circadian rhythms), Exercise, Hormones, Stress, and Environment
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A body temperature above the usual range is called _____, _____, or _____.
- pyrexia, hyperthermia, or fever.
- The range of a hyperthermia is 100.4 to 104.0
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What is febrile?
The client who has a fever or above normal temperature. The client who does not have a fever is called afebrile.
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During an _____ _____, the body temperature alternates at regular intervals between periods of fever and periods of normal or subnormal temperatures.
Intermittent Fever
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During a _____ ______ such as with a cold or influenza, a wide range of temperature fluctuations occurs over the 24-hour period, all of which are above normal.
Remittent Fever
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