Anatomy & Definitions Flashcards
finger clubbing is a possible sign of ____
pulmonary disease
Pectus Excavatum
Abnormal growth of costal cartilage b/w ribs and sternum
Pectus Carinatum
“Lateral S curve”
Kyphoscoliosis
Kyphosis
Scoliosis
Vibration of chest wall felt while pt is talking
Tactile fremitus
Point tenderness on palpation may suggest…
Underlying rib frx, costochondral dislocation or inflammation, or pleural inflammation
Dullness to percussion is concern for
Effusion! Less commonly consolidation
Resonance to percussion =
“Hollow” - normal lung
Flatness to percussion =
“Soft, high-pitched” - large effusion
Dullness to percussion =
“Thud like” - pneumonia, mass
Hyperresonance to percussion =
“Booming” - air trapping (asthma, emphysema)
Tympanic to percussion (tap puffed out cheek) =
Loud, clear, high-pitched - pneumothorax
How do you usually get intercostal pain
Coughing
How is pleural pain described
Sharp/stabbing
Fluid in the connective tissue surrounding the air spaces
Interstitial infiltrates
A chronic condition in which the walls of the bronchi are thickened, widened, and often scarring from inflammation and infection. Allows bacteria and mucus to build up and pool in the lungs
Bronchiectasis
Alveolar infiltrates look like what on CXR?
Patchy white areas over black, air filled bronchioles (air bronchograms)
How can an alveolar rupture lead to a pneumothorax?
Alveolar rupture -> bullae rupture -> blebs rupture through pleural lining -> pneumothorax
an elevation in the arterial carbon dioxide tension
Hypercapnia
a below-normal level of oxygen in your blood, specifically in the arteries
Hypoxemia
