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