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16 Cards in this Set
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vasicular sound
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normal soft low pitched E<1 heard over most lung fields
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adventituious sounds
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abnormal breath sounds
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vocal or tactile fremitus
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vibrations felt over the chest when client speaks "99"
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thoracic expanse
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movement of the thorzx horizontally
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retraction
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inward pulling in of intercostal spaces seen in severe hypoxia or respitory distress
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bronchial sounds
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E>1 normal heard over trachea high pitches hollow
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bronchialvesicular sound
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e=1 heard over bifurcation of bronchiol T4 in posterior 2ICS in the anterior
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sputum
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substance expelled by coughing (mucus, cells, organisms)
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scapulae
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shoulder blades
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resonant
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air filled as in normal lung percussion
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percussion
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assesment technique of tapping body surface to detect air mass or fluid
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mucus
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fluid secreted by mucus membranes and glands
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hypoxia
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decreased concentration of cellular oxygen
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expectoration
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coughing up of mucous formed in air passages
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accessory muscles
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involvment of the trapezius, sternocleomastoid and scalene muslces in breathing process
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anoxia
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diminished oxygen in arterial blood despite normal O2 capacity
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