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37 Cards in this Set
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Increased anteroposterior diameter to the transverse diameter |
Barrel-chest |
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Lateral deviation of the spine |
Scoliosis |
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Decreased os absent fremitus |
Pneumothorax |
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Increased fremitus |
Pneumonia |
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Give adventitious breath sound |
Crackles Rhonchi Wheeze Friction rub |
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Fine, short, interrupted crackling sound; alveolarrales are high-pitched |
Crackles |
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Crackles is best heard during the____ and may not be cleared by____ |
Inspiration and expiration Coughing |
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Sound that can be stimulated by rolling a lock of hair near the ear |
Crackles |
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Continuous, low-pitched, coarse, harsh, louder sounds with a moaning or snoring quality |
Gurgles (rhonchii) |
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Rhonchi is best heard during __ and can be altered during___ |
Expiration Coughing |
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Superficial grating or creaking sound, heard during expiration and inspiration and cannot be relieved during coughing |
Friction rub |
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Continuous, high-pitched, squeaky musical sounds |
Wheeze |
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Soft-intensity, low-pitched "gentle sighting" sounds created by air moving through smaller airways |
Vesicular |
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Moderate intensity, moderate pitched, blowing sound created by air moving through large irways |
Broncho-vesicular |
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High-pitched, loud, harsh sound created by air moving through the trachea |
Bronchial (tubular) |
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Thorax is round shaped usually seen in aging adults, with COPD and chronic asthma patients |
Barrel Chest |
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Thorax has a depression in the lower sternum and is seen with congenital conditions that can cause murmurs or compress the heart and vessel |
Pectus excavatum (Funnel chest) |
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Normal breaths /min |
12-20 |
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More than 24 breaths/min and it is shallow |
Tachypnea |
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Breathing pattern that is response to fever, exercise, alkalosis, pneumonia, or pleurisy |
Tachypnea |
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Normal in athletes, can also be found in patients with diabetic coma or neurologic damage |
Bradypnea |
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Less than 10 breath/min and it is regular |
Bradypnea |
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Increased rate and increased depth |
Hyperventilation |
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Can be a response to extreme exercise, fear or anxiety |
Hyperventilation |
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Rapid, deep, and labored breathing pattern |
Kussmaul |
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Type of hyperventilation associated with diabetic acidosis |
Kassmaul |
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Decreased rate and depth it is also irregular pattern |
Hypoventilation |
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Associated with overdose of narcotics or anesthetice |
Hypoventilation |
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Regular, alternating periods of deep, rapid breathing followed by apnea |
Cheyne stokes |
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Irregular, varying depth and rate followed by period of apnea |
Biot respiration |
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Result from severe congestive heart failure |
Cheyne stokes |
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May be seen with meningitis or severe brain damage |
Biot respiration |
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Significant disorganization with irregular and varying depth of respiration |
Ataxic |
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More extreme of biot respiration indicating respiratory compromise |
Ataxic |
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Increased difficulty in breathing |
Air trapping |
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In COPD, airtapped lungs during forced expiration |
Air trapping |
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Exaggerated spinal curvature |
Kyphosis Lordosis Scoliosis |