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A CLENCHED FIST OVER THE STERNUM SUGGESTS WHAT?
ANGINA PECTORIS
A FINGER POINTING TO A TENDER AREA ON THE CHEST WALL SUGGESTS WHAT?
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
A HAND MOVING FROM NECK TO EPIGASTRUM SUGGESTS WHAT?
HEARTBURN
WHAT IS HYPERVENTILATION?
RAPID, SHALLOW BREATHING
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS THAT ANXIOUS PATIENTS MAY HAVE?
EPISODIC DYSPNEA DURING BOTH REST AND EXERCISE, HYPERVENTILATION, OR RAPID AND SHALLOW BREATHING; MAY ALSO SIGh FREQUENTLY
WHAT DOES WHEEZING SUGGEST?
PARTIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION FROM SECRETIONS, TISSUE INFLAMMATION, OR A FOREIGN BODY
WHAT CAN BE A SYMPTOM OF LEFT SIDED HEART FAILURE?
COUGH
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ACUTE COUGH?
VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
WITH COUGH, WHAT MUST BE CONSIDERED?
VIRAL URI'S, AS WELL AS ACUTE BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA, LEFT VENTRICULAR HEART FAILURE, ASTHMA, AND FOREIGN BODY
CAUSES OS SUBACUTE COUGH
POSTINFECTIOUS COUGH, BACTERIAL SINUSITIS, AND ASTHMA
IN CHRONIC COUGH, WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSES?
PND, ASTHMA, GERD, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, AND BRONCHIECTASIS
WHAT COLOR IS MUCOID SPUTUM?
TRANSLUCENT, WHITE, OR GRAY
WHAT COLOR IS PURULENT SPUTUM?
YELLOWISH OR GREEN
DESCRIBE THE SPUTUM IN ANAEROBIC LUNG ABSCESS
FOUL SMELLING
THERE ARE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PURULENT SPUTUM IN THESE TWO CONDITIONS
BRONCHIECTASIS AND LUNG ABSCESS
WHAT ARE DIAGNOSTICALLY HELPFUL SYMPTOMS IN RELATION TO COUGH?
FEVER, CHEST PAIN, DYSPNEA, ORTHOPNEA, WHEEZING
IN WHAT PATIENTS IS HEMOPTYSIS MOST OFTEN SEEN?
CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
BLOOD ORIGINATING FROM THE STOMACH IS USUALLY ________ THAN BLOOD FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT AND MAY HAVE __________ PARTICLES.
DARKER; FOOD
WHAT ARE CAUSES OF UNILATERAL DECREASE OR DELAY IN CHEST EXPANSION?
CHRONIC FIBROSIS OF THE UNDERLYING LUNG OR PLEURA, PLEURAL EFFUSION, LOBAR PNEUMONIA, PLEURAL PAIN WITH ASSOCIATED SPLINTING, AND UNILATERAL BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION
WHEN IS FREMITUS DECREASED?
WHEN THE VOICE IS SOFT OR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATIONS FROM THE LARYNX TO THE SURFACE OF THE CHEST IS IMPEDED.
CAUSES OF DECREASED FREMITUS (SPECIFIC CONDITIONS)
VERY THICK CHEST WALL; AN OBSTRUCTED BRONCHUS; COPD; PLURAL EFFUSION; FIBROSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; OR AN INFILTRATING TUMOR
SEPARATION OF THE PLEURAL SURFACES BY FLUID
PLEURAL EFFUSION
WHEN WILL YOU POSSIBLY SEE ASYMMETRIC DECREASED FREMITUS
IN UNILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSION, PNEUMOTHORAX, NEOPLASM FROM DECREASED TRANSMISSION OF LOW FREQUENCY SOUNDS
WHEN WILL YOU POSSIBLY SEE ASYMMETRIC INCREASED FREMITUS
IN UNILATERAL PNEUMONIA FROM INCREASED TRANSMISSION
WHEN DOES DULLNESS REPLACE RESONANCE IN LUNG PERCUSSION
WHEN FLUID OR SOLID TISSUE REPLACES AIR CONTAINING LUNG OR OCCUPIES THE PLEURAL SPACE BENEATH YOUR PERCUSSING FINGERS
LOBAR PNEUMONIA
PNEUMONIA IN WHICH THE ALVEOLI ARE FILLED WITH FLUID AND BLOOD CELLS
CONDITIONS WHERE PERCUSSION WILL BE DULL
LOBAR PNEUMONIA, PLEURAL EFFUSION, HEMOTHORAX, EMPYEMA,AND WITH TUMORS OR FIBROSIS
WHEN MAY GENERALIZED HYPERRESONANCE BE HEARD
MAY BE HEART OVER THE HYPERINFLATED LUNGS OF COPD OR ASTHMA (BUT NOT RELIABLE)
IN WHAT POSITION ARE WHEEZES HEARD BEST
IN THE SUPINE POSITION
NORMAL RESPIRATION RATE OF RESTING HEALTHY ADULT
14 TO 20 BREATHS PER MINUTE
WITH WHAT CONDITIONS MIGHT YOU SEE FINGERNAIL CLUBBING?
LUNG ABSCESSES, MALIGNANCY, CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
THIS IS AN OMINOUS SIGN OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN THE LARYNX OR TRACHEA
AUDIBLE STRIDOR, OR HIGH PITCHED WHEEZING
WHAT DOES SEVERE INSPIRATORY CONTRACTION OF THE STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID AND SCALENES AT REST SIGNAL?
SEVERE DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
LATERAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE TRACHEA MAY BE SEEN IN WHAT CONDITIONS?
PNEUMOTHORAX, PLEURAL EFFUSION, ATELECTASIS
WHEN DOES THE AP DIAMETER INCREASE?
WITH AGE BUT ALSO WITH COPD
WHERE IS RETRACTION MOST APPARENT?
IN THE LOWER INTERSPACES
YOU WILL SEE RETRACTION WITH THESE CONDITIONS
SEVERE ASTHMA, COPD, OR UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
UNILATERAL IMPAIRMENT OR LAGGING OF RESPIRATORY MOVEMENT SUGGESTS WHAT?
DISEASE OF THE UNDERLYING LUNG OR PLEURA
YOU MAY SEE BRUISES ON THE CHEST DUE TO WHAT?
BROKEN RIBS
WHAT DO SINUS TRACTS INDICATE?
INFECTION OF THE UNDERLYING PLEURA AND LUNGS (MAY BE SEEN IN TB OR ACTINOMYCOSIS)
BLIND, INFLAMMATORY TUBELIKE STRUCTURES OPENING ONTO SKIN
SINUS TRACTS
WHAT ARE SOME CAUSES OF UNILATERAL DECREASE OR DELAY IN CHEST EXPANSION?
CHRONIC FIBROSIS OF THE UNDERLYING LUNG OR PLEURA, PLEURAL EFFUSION, LOBAR PNEUMONIA, PLEURAL PAIN WITH ASSOCIATED SPLINTING, AND UNILATERAL BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION
FREMITUS IS DECREASED OR ABSENT WHEN?
WHEN THE TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATION FROM THE LARYNX TO THE SURFACE OF THE CHEST IS IMPAIRED OR THE VOICE IS SOFT
CAUSES OF DECREASED FREMITUS
VERY THICK CHEST WALL, AN OBSTRUCTED BRONCHUS, COPD, PLEURAL EFFUSION, FIBROSIS OR THICKENING OF THE PLEURA, PNEUMOTHORAX, OR AN INFILTRATING TUMOR
WHERE IS FREMITUS TYPICALLY MORE PROMINENT?
MORE PROMINENT IN THE INTERSCAPULAR AREA THAN IN THE LOWER LUNG FIELDS; MORE PROMINENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE THAN ON THE LEFT SIDE;IT DISAPPEARS BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PERCUSSION?
SETS THE CHEST WALLL AND UNDERLYING TISSUES IN MOTION PRODUCING AUDIBLE SOUND AND PALPABLE VIBRATIONS; HELPS ESTABLISH WHETHER THE UNDERLYING TISSUES ARE AIR FILLED, FLUID FILLED, OR SOLID
WHY CAN YOU NOT USE PERCUSSION TO FIND DEEP SEATED LESIONS?
IT ONLY PENETRATES 5 TO 7 INCHES
WHAT IS THE PLEXIMETER FINGER?
THE MIDDLE FINGER
WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PRODUCE A LOUDER NOTE WHEN YOU PERCUSS?
APPLY MORE PRESSURE WITH THE PLEXIMETER FINGER RATHER THAN TAPPING LOUDER WITH THE PLEXOR FINGER
HEALTHY LUNGS ARE _________.
RESONANT
WHY DO WE NOT PERCUSS THE AREAS OVER THE SCAPULA?
THE THICKNESS OF THE MUSCLE AND BONE ALTERS THE PERCUSSION NOTES OVER THE LUNGS
WHEN DOES DULLNESS REPLACE RESONANCE?
WHEN FLUID OR SOLID TISSUE REPLACES AIR CONTAINING LUNG OR OCCUPIES THE PLEURAL SPACE BENEATH THE PERCUSSING FINGER
WHAT IS LOBAR PNEUMONIA?
THE ALVEOLI ARE FILLED WITH FLUID AND BLOOD CELLS
WHEN MIGHT YOU HEAR GENERALIZED HYPERRESONANCE (ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT THE MOST RELIABLE SIGN)?
OVER THE HYPERINFLATED LUNGS OF COPD OR ASTHMA
WHAT DOES UNILATERAL HYPERRESONANCE SUGGEST?
A LARGE PNEUMOTHORAX OR POSSIBLY A LARGE AIR-FILLED BULLA IN THE LUNG
AN ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVEL OF THE DIAPHRAGM INDICATES WHAT
PLEURAL EFFUSION ATELECTASIS, OR DIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS
VESICULAR BREATH SOUNDS
SOFT AND LOW PITCHED; HEARD THROUGH INSPIRATION, CONTINUE WITHOUT PAUSE THROUGH EXPIRATION, AND THEN FADE AWAY ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH EXPIRATION
BRONCHOVESICULAR BREATH SOUNDS
WITH INSPIRATORY AND EXPIRATORY SOUNDS ABOUT EQUAL IN LENGTH, AT TIMES SEPARATED BY A SILENCE
BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS
LOUDER AND HIGHER IN PITCH, WITH A SHORT SILENCE BETWEEN INSPIRATORY AND EXPIRATORY SOUNDS; EXPIRATORY ARE LONGER
WHERE ARE BREATH SOUNDS USUALLY LOUDER?
IN LOWER POSTERIOR LUNG FIELD
WHAT DOES A SLIENT GAP BETWEEN INSPIRATORY AND EXPIRATORY SOUNDS SUGGEST?
A GAP SUGGESTS BRONCHIAL BREATH SOUNDS
WHAT ARE ADVENTITIOUS BREATH SOUNDS?
ADDED BREATH SOUNDS, LIKE CRACKLES (RALES0, WHEEZES, AND RHONCHI
WHAT DO FINE LATE INSPIRATORY CRACKLES THAT PERSIST FROM BREATH TO BREATH SUGGEST?
ABNORMAL LUNG TISSUE
LOCATION WHERE VESICULAR BREATH SOUNDS ARE MOST OFTEN HEARD
OVER MOST OF BOTH LUNGS
LOCATION WHERE BRONCHOVESICULAR SOUNDS ARE MOST OFTEN HEARD
OFTEN IN THE 1ST AND 2ND INTERSPACES ANTERIORLY AND BETWEEN THE SCAPULA
LOCATION WHERE BRONCHIAL SOUNDS ARE MOST OFTEN HEARD
OVER THE MANUBRIUM, IF HEARD AT ALL
WHAT CAN CAUSE CRACKLES?
ABNORMALITIES OF THE LUNG (PNEUMONIA, FIBROSIS, EARLY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE) OR OF THE AIRWAYS (BRONCHITIS OR BRONCHIECTASIS)
WHAT DO WHEEZES SUGGEST?
NARROWED AIRWAYS, AS IN ASTHMA, COPD, AND BRONCHITIS
WHAT DO RHONCHI SUGGEST?
SUGGEST SECRETION IN LARGE AIRWAYS
WHAT DOES CLEARING OF CRACKLES, WHEEZES, OR RHONCHI AFTER COUGHING OR POSITION CHANGE SUGGEST?
INSPISSATED SECRETIONS LIKE IN BRONCHITIS
THESE ARE CONTINUOUS, RELATIVELY LOW PITCHED WITH A SNORING QUALITY
RHONCHI
THESE ARE CONTINUOUS, RELATIVELY HIGH PITCHED WITH A HISSING OF SHRILL QUALITY
WHEEZING
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DIAGNOSE COPD?
PULMONARY FUNCTIONING TESTS; THE SYMPTOMS WILL INCLUDE WHEEZING, HISTORY OF SMOKING, AGE, AND DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS
WHAT ARE LOUDER, CLEARER VOICE SOUNDS CALLED?
BRONCHOPHONY
WHAT CAUSES EGOPHONY, ORA CHANGE FROM "EE" TO "AY"?
LOBAR CONSOLIDATION LIKE WITH PNEUMONIA
WHAT ARE LOUDER, CLEARR WHISPERED SOUNDS CALLED?
WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY
WHAT CAN CAUSE CRACKLES?
ABNORMALITIES OF THE LUNG (PNEUMONIA, FIBROSIS, EARLY CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE) OR OF THE AIRWAYS (BRONCHITIS OR BRONCHIECTASIS)
WHAT DO WHEEZES SUGGEST?
NARROWED AIRWAYS, AS IN ASTHMA, COPD, AND BRONCHITIS
WHAT DO RHONCHI SUGGEST?
SUGGEST SECRETION IN LARGE AIRWAYS
WHAT DOES CLEARING OF CRACKLES, WHEEZES, OR RHONCHI AFTER COUGHING OR POSITION CHANGE SUGGEST?
INSPISSATED SECRETIONS LIKE IN BRONCHITIS
THESE ARE CONTINUOUS, RELATIVELY LOW PITCHED WITH A SNORING QUALITY
RHONCHI
THESE ARE CONTINUOUS, RELATIVELY HIGH PITCHED WITH A HISSING OF SHRILL QUALITY
WHEEZING
WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DIAGNOSE COPD?
PULMONARY FUNCTIONING TESTS; THE SYMPTOMS WILL INCLUDE WHEEZING, HISTORY OF SMOKING, AGE, AND DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS
WHAT ARE LOUDER, CLEARER VOICE SOUNDS CALLED?
BRONCHOPHONY
WHAT CAUSES EGOPHONY, ORA CHANGE FROM "EE" TO "AY"?
LOBAR CONSOLIDATION LIKE WITH PNEUMONIA
WHAT ARE LOUDER, CLEARR WHISPERED SOUNDS CALLED?
WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY
WHAT DOES TENDER PECTORAL MUSCLES OR COSTAL CARTILAGES SUGGEST?
MAY CORROBORATE, BUT DO NOT PROVE, THAT CHEST PAIN HAS A MUSCULOSKELETAL ORIGIN
WHERE IS FREMITUS NORMALLY ABSENT OR DECREASED?
OVER THE PRECORDIUM
WHERE IS THE NORMAL AREA OF DULLNESS UPON PERCUSSION OF LUNGS?
TO THE LEFT OF THE STERNUM FROM THE 3RD TO THE 5TH INTERSPACES
WHERE DOES THE DULLNESS OF RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE PNEUMONIA TYPICALLY OCCUR?
BEHIND THE RIGHT BREAST
WHEN A LUNG IS AFFECTED BY COPD, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LIVER?
THE UPPER BORDER OF THE LIVER IS DISPLACED DOWNWARD
WHERE ARE BREATH SOUNDS USUALLY LOUDER?
IN THE UPPER ANTERIOR LUNG FIELDS
WHAT PATIENTS OVER 60 ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE COPD?
THOSE OVER 60 WITH A FORCED EXPIRATORY TIME OF 6 TO 8 SECONDS
AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL PAIN (DISTANT FROM YOUR HAND) SUGGESTS WHAT?
A RIB FRACTURE RATHER THAN SOFT TISSUE INJURY
THORAX IN NORMAL ADULT
WIDER THAN IT IS DEEP; LATERAL DIAMETER LARGER THAN AP DIAMETER
FUNNEL CHEST OR PECTUS EXCAVATUM
DEPRESSION IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE STERNUM; COMPRESSION OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS MAY CAUSE MURMURS
BARREL CHEST
INCREASE AP DIAMETER; NORMAL DURING INFANCY, AND OFTEN ACCOMPANIES AGING AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
BELL OR DIAPHRAGM FOR AUSCULTATING LUNGS
DIAPHRAGM
FOUR POTENTIAL USES FOR PALPATION IN INSPECTION OF ANTERIOR CHEST
ID TENDER AREAS, ASSESSMENT OF OBSERVED ABNORMALITIES, FURTHER ASSESSMENT OF CHEST EXPANSION, ASSESSMENT OF TACTILE FREMITUS
WALK TEST
ASSESSES PULMONARY FUNCTION; ASK PATIENT TO WALK 8 FEET AT NORMAL PACE TWICE AND RECORD TIMES; NONDISABLED OLDER ADULTS TAKING 5.6 SEC OR LONG ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME DISABLED OVER TIME THAN THOSE TAKING LESS THAN 3.1 SECONDS
SPOKEN WORDS ARE CLEARER AND LOUDER (TRANSMITTED VOICE SOUNDS) WHEN?
THE LUNG IS AIRLESS LIKE IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA (CALLED BRONCHOPHONY)