ABG: pH 7.29, PaCO2 = 40, HCO3 = 17, SpO2 = 98%

Pain that is chronic and caused by damage or injury to one or more nerves

Water that is converted to vapor and lost from the skin or mucous membranes to cool

Temp, Pulse, Respiration, BP and Pain

A condition caused by dehydration and/or 3rd spacing, resulting in decreased BP, poor skin turgor, dry oral mucous membranes

Normal level 8.5-10.5 mEq/L, low levels cause painful muscle spasms, high levels cause severe muscle weakness

Massage, vibration, acupuncture are what type of non-pharmacological pain intervention

A type of fever with above normal temperature fluctuations greater than 3.6 degrees F during a 24-hour period

Phagocytic secretion of this substance causes prostaglandin secretion that causes a new "set point"

The area of the brain responsible for regulating the body's "set point"

Imbalance when level is less than 2.5; has an inverse relationship with calcium, caused by chronic alcoholism and respiratory alkalosis

The state of the body's adaption to a drug so that it takes an increase in dosage to produce similar effects

The preferred site to assess temperature when fever is present and rectal is contraindicated

This temperature is calculated by taking: Degrees F (minus) 32 and dividing by 1.8

Loss of heat from surfaces that are warmer than the surrounding air

Imbalance when level is greater than 145 causing symptoms of agitation, confusion, decreased level of consciousness, seizure

Subjective pain scale used for the cognitively impaired

Drop in body temperature, bradycardia, patient needs to be warmed, slow capillary refill

Any of the following may cause this condition: Exposure to cold and/or brain injury and/or low birth weight and/or prematurity

Involuntary response to temperature changes in the body; increases heat production, can drain weak patients of energy

Imbalance when level is less than 135 causing symptoms of changes in behavior, decreased level of consciousness and/or confusion, increased GI motility

Pain that is perceived to originate from an area that has been surgically removed

Antipyretics, light-weight bedding and clothing; tepid sponge bath, ice packs are used to control this symptom

Temporal, Rectal and Tympanic membrane measurements are used to measure:

The type of fever that temperatures that alternate regularly between below-normal or normal and fever periods; temperature returns to normal at least once every 24 hours