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| adventitious breath sounds |
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| abnormal sounds in the lungs upon auscultation |
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| listening with a stethoscope |
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| "swooshing" sounds; indicating turbulent blood flow |
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| bluish/grayish discoloration of the skin; response to inadequate oxygen supply |
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| a collection of blood in the subcutaneous tissues; purplish discoloration |
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| excess fluid in the tissues; characterized by swelling |
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| process of performing deliberate, purposeful observations in a systematic manner |
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| yellowing of the skin; caused by liver, gallbladder diseases and some types of anemia & hemolysis |
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| assessment technique that uses the sense of touch |
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| the act of striking one object against another to produce sound |
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| small hemorrhagic spots caused by capillary bleeding |
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| the area on the anterior chest corresponding to the aortic, pulmonary, tricuspid, & apical areas and Erb's point |
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| fullnes or elasticity of the skin |
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