Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . t pressureover the right carotid artery to obliterate the pulse wavein the neck. Auricular Flutter,—A condition in which the auriclesmay beat as high as 300 to the minute, the ventricleresponding to every third or fourth beat of the is a rare condition usually seen in advanced periodsof Ufe where there is associated degeneration of the heartmuscle. Auricular Fibrillation.—Here the auricle ceases to beatas a whole, indi
Diseases of children, for nurses, including infant feeding, therapeutic measures employed in childhood, treatment for emergencies, prophylaxis, hygiene, and nursing . t pressureover the right carotid artery to obliterate the pulse wavein the neck. Auricular Flutter,—A condition in which the auriclesmay beat as high as 300 to the minute, the ventricleresponding to every third or fourth beat of the is a rare condition usually seen in advanced periodsof Ufe where there is associated degeneration of the heartmuscle. Auricular Fibrillation.—Here the auricle ceases to beatas a whole, individual fibers contract, and the ventricleresponds with irregular, rapid, haphazard, often incom-plete contractions in response to the shower of stimuUtransmitted to it from the contraction of these individualfibers in the auricle. It is always of serious import. Pulsus Alternans.—A regular pulse, but alternatelyrelatively large and small, indicating a partial failure ofcontractility each alternate beat. It is always of graveprognostic import. Dropsy.—^An unnatural collection of serous fluid inthe tissues of the body. l8o DISEASES OF CHILDREN FOR NURSES. Fig. 45.—The clubbed fingers of chronic heart disease.
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