Thorax And Lung Assessment Rle

Front 1

Increased anteroposterior diameter to the transverse diameter

Back 1

Barrel-chest

Front 2

Lateral deviation of the spine

Back 2

Scoliosis

Front 3

Decreased os absent fremitus

Back 3

Pneumothorax

Front 4

Increased fremitus

Back 4

Pneumonia

Front 5

Give adventitious breath sound

Back 5

Crackles

Rhonchi

Wheeze

Friction rub

Front 6

Fine, short, interrupted crackling sound; alveolarrales are high-pitched

Back 6

Crackles

Front 7

Crackles is best heard during the____ and may not be cleared by____

Back 7

Inspiration and expiration

Coughing

Front 8

Sound that can be stimulated by rolling a lock of hair near the ear

Back 8

Crackles

Front 9

Continuous, low-pitched, coarse, harsh, louder sounds with a moaning or snoring quality

Back 9

Gurgles (rhonchii)

Front 10

Rhonchi is best heard during __ and can be altered during___

Back 10

Expiration

Coughing

Front 11

Superficial grating or creaking sound, heard during expiration and inspiration and cannot be relieved during coughing

Back 11

Friction rub

Front 12

Continuous, high-pitched, squeaky musical sounds

Back 12

Wheeze

Front 13

Soft-intensity, low-pitched "gentle sighting" sounds created by air moving through smaller airways

Back 13

Vesicular

Front 14

Moderate intensity, moderate pitched, blowing sound created by air moving through large irways

Back 14

Broncho-vesicular

Front 15

High-pitched, loud, harsh sound created by air moving through the trachea

Back 15

Bronchial (tubular)

Front 16

Thorax is round shaped usually seen in aging adults, with COPD and chronic asthma patients

Back 16

Barrel Chest

Front 17

Thorax has a depression in the lower sternum and is seen with congenital conditions that can cause murmurs or compress the heart and vessel

Back 17

Pectus excavatum (Funnel chest)

Front 18

Normal breaths /min

Back 18

12-20

Front 19

More than 24 breaths/min and it is shallow

Back 19

Tachypnea

Front 20

Breathing pattern that is response to fever, exercise, alkalosis, pneumonia, or pleurisy

Back 20

Tachypnea

Front 21

Normal in athletes, can also be found in patients with diabetic coma or neurologic damage

Back 21

Bradypnea

Front 22

Less than 10 breath/min and it is regular

Back 22

Bradypnea

Front 23

Increased rate and increased depth

Back 23

Hyperventilation

Front 24

Can be a response to extreme exercise, fear or anxiety

Back 24

Hyperventilation

Front 25

Rapid, deep, and labored breathing pattern

Back 25

Kussmaul

Front 26

Type of hyperventilation associated with diabetic acidosis

Back 26

Kassmaul

Front 27

Decreased rate and depth it is also irregular pattern

Back 27

Hypoventilation

Front 28

Associated with overdose of narcotics or anesthetice

Back 28

Hypoventilation

Front 29

Regular, alternating periods of deep, rapid breathing followed by apnea

Back 29

Cheyne stokes

Front 30

Irregular, varying depth and rate followed by period of apnea

Back 30

Biot respiration

Front 31

Result from severe congestive heart failure

Back 31

Cheyne stokes

Front 32

May be seen with meningitis or severe brain damage

Back 32

Biot respiration

Front 33

Significant disorganization with irregular and varying depth of respiration

Back 33

Ataxic

Front 34

More extreme of biot respiration indicating respiratory compromise

Back 34

Ataxic

Front 35

Increased difficulty in breathing

Back 35

Air trapping

Front 36

In COPD, airtapped lungs during forced expiration

Back 36

Air trapping

Front 37

Exaggerated spinal curvature

Back 37

Kyphosis

Lordosis

Scoliosis