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incontinence
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involuntary loss of urine
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urgency
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feeling of need to void immediately
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frequency
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voiding at frequent intervals(<2hours)
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hesitancy
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difficulty initiating urination
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polyuria
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voiding large amounts of urine
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oliguria
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diminished urinary output relative to intake (usually 400ml/24hours)
decrease renal blood flow diminishes capacity to form urine |
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nocturia
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frequent or excessive urination at night
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dribbling
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leakage or urine despite voluntary control of urination
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hematuria
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blood in the urine
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retention
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accumulation of urine in the bladder with inability of bladder to empty fully
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residual urine
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volume of urine remaining after voiding
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Anuria
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inability to produce urine occurs when fluid is loss from other means
increasing diarrhea vomiting perspiration |
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uremic syndrome
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increase wastes in blood
altered regulatory functions causing marked fluid and electrolyte abnormalities nausea vomiting coma convolsions |
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peripheral
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pertaining to or situated at or neat the periphery
situated away from a center or central structure |
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anticubital
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The cubital fossa is the triangular area on the anterior view of the elbow joint of the arm.
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apical
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top or highest position
apical pulse of the heart PMI |
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nares
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an external opening in the nasal cavity of a vertebrate
a nostril |
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hypertension
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abnormally elevated blood pressure
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orthostatic hypotension
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low pressure occurring in same people when they stand up
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tachycardia
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abnormally rapid beating of the heart
greater than 100 |
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bradycardia
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slowness of the heart rate, usually lower than 60 beats per minute in an adult
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dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
lung or heart disease shortness of breath |
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apnea
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temporary absence or cessation
(stopping or discontinuing) of breath |
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cheyne-stokes breathing
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respiratory rate and depth are irregular
characterized by alternating periods of apnea and hyperventilation |
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bradypnea
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rate of breathing is regular but abnormally slow(less than 12 breaths per minute)
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hyperventalation
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rate and depth of respirations increase
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hypoventilation
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respiratory rate is abnormally low, and depth of ventilation may be depressed.
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Kussmauls respiration
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respirations are abnormally deep, regular, and increase in rate
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cyanotic
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markd by bluish discoloration
result from lack of oxygen in the blood one type of congenital heart disease |
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antipyretic
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an agent that reduces or prevents fever
aka antifebrile, antithermic |
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diaphoretic
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an agent that promotes sweating
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febrile
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of or relating to, or characterized by fever or feverish
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hypoxia
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insufficient levels of oxygen in blood or tissue
dizzyness short of breath mental confusion |
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pyrexia
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medical term denoting fevers
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vaso constriction
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constriction of blood vessel, as by nerve or drug
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hyperthermia
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abnormal increase of body temp
usually resulting from infection medication head injury sometimes intentional to treat diseases |
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hypothermia
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temperature below 35degrees C
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sublingual
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underneath the tongue
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axilla
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armpit
pyramid shaped underside of shoulder b/w underside of arm and side of chest |
