Psl 311l final exam Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Convulsions a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscles Hyponatremia - causes? Hyponatremia is a condition that occurs when the level of sodium in your blood is abnormally low. Sodium is an electrolyte, and it helps regulate the amount of water that's in and around your cells. Red Cell Crenation A process resulting from osmosis in which red blood cells, in a hypertonic solution, undergo shrinkage and acquire a notched or scallop...

Explain any differences, issues, and benefits of using various measurement devices for taking body temperature? Which of our modalities gives a closer measure to the "core" temperature? Why? correct answers Gold standard is the rectal thermometer, which gives an approximate value of 37.6 deg C. We used the digital, mercury, forehead strip, infrared thermometer. Some of the inaccurate ones gave reading more quickly. The oral digital thermometer gives the closest reading of central core tempera...