8. Respiratory Disease

Question 1

wt do rhonchi sound like?

cause?

Answer 1

low pitched musical notes

secretions –> obstruction

Question 2

wt do wheezes sound like?
cause?
1 disease?

Answer 2

high pitched

swelling –> obstruction

asthma

Question 3

wt causes wet crackles

2 diseases?

Answer 3

fluid in parenchyma (edema, infiltrate)

CHF
infection

Question 4

wt do fine crackles sound like?

2 causes?

Answer 4

velcro

scarring and interstitial processes

Question 5

2 causes of decreased resonance?

Answer 5

effusion and consolidation

Question 6

cause of increased resonance?

2 diseases?

Answer 6

increased air

pneumothorax
emphysema

Question 7

most common cause of cough?

Answer 7

post-infectious

Question 8

most common cause of hemoptysis?

3 other causes?

Answer 8

bronchitis

lung cancer
pulmonary renal syndrome
primary coagylopathy

Question 9

constitutional symptom that can indicate malignancy?

Answer 9

weight loss

Question 10

3 tumors that metastasize to lung?

Answer 10

testicular, thyroid, kidney

Question 11

wt is the etiology of lung infiltrates on xray?

Answer 11

fluid acumulation