chest and lungs

Question 1

phlegm yellow and greenish

Answer 1

bacteria pneumonia

Question 2

phlegm anchovy paste

Answer 2

amebiasis

Question 3

phlegm blood streak

Answer 3

bronchitis, tumor

Question 4

Phlegm frothy or pink

Answer 4

CHF and PE

Question 5

Tachypnea

Answer 5

RR >20

Question 6

Bradypnea

Answer 6

RR<8

Question 7

platypnea

Answer 7

shortness of breath sitting up

Question 8

cheyne -strokes

Answer 8

crescendoa/decrescendo interspersed with apnea, stoke or brain damage

Question 9

kussmaul

Answer 9

deep and rapid (acidosis)

Question 10

Biot

Answer 10

irregular pattern

Question 11

ataxic

Answer 11

super irregular pattern

Question 12

pectus excavatum

Answer 12

breastbone inward defect

Question 13

pectus carinatum

Answer 13

breastbone outward defect

Question 14

pursed lips

Answer 14

decreases work of breathing, can increase tidal volume and the end expiration

Question 15

Tactile fremitus is increased by

Answer 15

fluid, solid mass, pneumonia and atelectasis

Question 16

tactile fremitus is decreased by

Answer 16

excessive air, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, COPD

Question 17

Tympany

Answer 17

is heard over excessive air

Question 18

resonance

Answer 18

normal percussion

Question 19

dullness

Answer 19

heard over masses or consolidation

Question 20

hyperresonance

Answer 20

pneumothorax

Question 21

wheezing

Answer 21

high pitch, musical, high velocity airflow through a narrowed or obstructed airway, the higher the pitch the worse the obstruction

Question 22

rhonchi

Answer 22

due to passage of air through mucus, musical, usually expiration

Question 23

crackles

Answer 23

non muscial, due to explosive reopening of peripheral small airways during inspiration which have become occluded during expiration

Question 24

bronchovesicular compared to vesicular

Answer 24

vesicular are low pitched sounds heard over healthy lungs, bronch are moderate and heard over the bronchi

Question 25

pleural rub

Answer 25

creaking noise, movement of visceral pleura over parietal pleura

Question 26

stridor

Answer 26

high pitched wheezing sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway secondary to a narrowed or obstructed airway path, can be serious

Question 27

bronchopathy

Answer 27

when listening through a stethoscope, there is greater clarity of the spoken sound

Question 28

whispered pectoriloquy

Answer 28

when listening through a stethoscope even a whisper can be clearly heard