Exam 2 Flashcards
bronchial/tubular breath sounds
heard at trachea
expiration longer
vesicular
heard at lung periphery
I>E, low pitched, breezy
bronchovesicular
mainstem bronchi
I=E
medium volume
COPD and tactile fremitis
feel at apex, but dec as you go to base
causes of dec tactile fremitis ‘99’
pleural effusion, obstructed bronchus, COPD, tumor, thick chest wall, pneumothorax
causes of increased tactile fremitits
PNA, consolidated tissue
excursion
chest expansion measured at costal margin
-normal 3-5 cm
COPD and excursion
decreased, trouble moving air
COPD notes
barrel chest, 1:1 ratio, dec excursion, hyperresonance with percussion, dec breath sounds, dec tactile fremitis
PNAs
adventitious sounds, inc tactile fremitis, bronchial breath sounds, dull percussion
egophony
ee will sound like ay, PNA
bronchocophy
1-2-3, will sound clearer, PNA
whispered pectoriloquy
pt whisper sounds louder, PNA
atypical PNAs
legionella (smoker, immune compromised), chlamdophlia (mild), mycopasmic (young people)
bronchitits
cough most common symptom
asthma
see if they can say full sentences
pneumothorax
unequal excursion, dec tactile, dec breath sounds, may have hyperresonance that side
rhonchi
airway is obstructed by thick secretions, muscular spasm or new growth, usually expiratory, larger airways
stridor
acute distress, foreign body, tumor, severe bronchospasm, louder in neck
grunting
trouble moving air out, expiratory sound, kiddos common
pleural friction rub
high pitchy, scratchy, unaffected by coughing, abnormally placed bronchial sounds, consolidated pnas
acute cough
< 3 weeks, Hx: ACE, GERD, URI, COPD
precordium
apex, LLSB, base left, base right
pulsations
common at apex, shouldn’t feel at base
lifts/heaves
assoc with left vent hyper, pulsations so great it lifts your hand
thrusts
l vent hypertrophy
thrills
will also hear murmurs
cardiac site pneumonic
all patients take meds
aortic
2nd intercostal right of sternum, “right base”
aortic stensosis
may radiate to carotids, LSB or apex, associated with thrill
pulmonic
2nd intercostal space left of sternum, “left base”
tricuspid
4th and 5th intercostal space to the left sternal border
apex/mitral area
5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line
erbs point
3rd interspace at left sternal border, murmurs
s1 ‘lub’
mitral and tricuspid closing, heard at apex, beginning of systole
accentuated s1
fever, exercise, anemia, mitral stenosis
dim s1
conduction defect
normal split s1
mitral then tricuspid, stuttering sound, listen over tricuspid area or LLSB
abnormal split s1
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