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Describe what are sounds of korotkoff?
Sounds of korotkoff are the sounds that can be auscultated over a partically occluded artery.
What is the medical term for when sounds stop and restart while taking BP?
The first Korotkoff sound is when you first hear the pulse, and the fifth Korotkoff sound is when you no longer hear the post. Sometimes, there will also be an "auscultory gap," when you have a period with no sounds with korotkoff sounds heard before and after the gap.
What are the sounds heard over a blood vessel when the vessel is partially compressed?
Sounds of Korotkoff
Named after Nikolai Korotkoff a Russian physician who described them in 1905 what would your doc do to hear Korotkoff sounds?
check your blood pressure
When are korotkoff sounds evaluated?
While taking blood pressure
When korotkoff sounds evaluated?
While taking blood pressure
Are the sounds of Korotkoff like a pulse?
Yes and no. They certainly sound like a pulse! But the pulse is a feeling of blood flow through a vein, whereas Korotkoff sounds are the sounds of turbulent blood flow through a constricted or partially occluded artery.
Sounds of turbulent blood flow that occur when blood flow resumes in an artery that has been occluded is what?
Korotkoff sound
How do you Explain the underlying cause of the Korotkoff Sounds that you detected with the Cardio Microphone as the cuff pressure was decreased?
When the blood pressure cuff is inflated, the blood flow is stopped. Slowly the cuff is decreased. When the technician starts to hear the blood flow, these are called Korotkoff Sounds. This pressure point defines the systolic pressure.
What are the five phases of the sdlc?
what are the phases of the sdlc
What produces the systolic korotkoff sound?
The first Korotkoff sound is the sound produced by the turbulence of the AV (atrioventricular valves) closing specifically the tricuspid and mitral valves. The second Korotkoff sound is produced by the closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves. You can hear a splitting of the second heart sound in a highly efficient heart.
What does the moon phases?
The moon will disappear when it is in the new moon phase, as ironic as that sounds.
