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breath sounds heard over normal lung tissue
inspiratory low pitched soft sounds with 2.5 times longer than exp phase |
vesicular breath sounds
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normal breath sounds heard over trachea - high pitched - short inspiratory and long expiratory
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bronchial breath sounds
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heard mainly over 2nd interspace anteriorly and between scapulae posteriorly - inspration and expiration about equal
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bronchovesicular breath sounds
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rhonchi
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abnormal breath sounds with low pitched snoring quality
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discuss hyperressonace in children and adults
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abnormal percussion tone in adults
normal percussion tone in kids |
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What causes crepitation (crepitus, subq emphysema)?
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rupture in resp system or infection by gas producing organism
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What does a postive sweat chloride test indicate?
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Cystic Fibrosis - due to abnormal sodium chloride in the sweat
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A an adult smoker presents with complaints of breathlessness. Exam is significant for dilated blood vessels on the chest and mild edema of the head and supraclavicular area. What could this be?
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superior vena cava obstruction
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