Francis Tuttle Physical Assessment Flashcards
Temperature range
97.6-99 or 36.4 C to 37.2 C
Respiration Rate
12-20
BP range
60/90 to 140/90
Dz that cause fine crackles
Pulmonary edema/atelectasis
fine crackles sounds like
hair between you fingers on end inspiration
Coarse crackles sounds like
snoring/rumbling
Dz that cause wheezing
asthma, foreign body, CHF
Stridor sounds like
high pitched crowing noise
**Only heard over the trachea
5 types of consistency of sputum
Frothy, purulent, thick, viscous, tenacious (extra thicc)
Math problem: solving for cmH2O?
Always multiply
4 sputum categories
Amount, consistency, color, and odor
Easiest way to diagnose a pleural effusion on CXR
Blunted castrophrenic angle
If you hear a bronchial sound in base of lung, what does it mean?
Consolidation/pneumonia/atelectasis
Why check sounds on both sides?
check for bilateral sounds as well as chest rise
Central cyanosis is associated with what?
hypoxia
Common cause of right sided heart failure?
pulmonary dz
Most common causes of subq emphysema/crepitus
Barotrauma (pneumothorax, surgeries)
Normal capillary refill
<3 seconds
What causes increased tactile fermitus?
Stuff inside the lung. Pneumonia, atelectasis, consolidation
Air inside the lung has what effect on fermitus?
Decreases because it doesn’t travel through air as well as fluid.
Kyphosis
abnormal A-P spinal curvature
Scoliosis
abnormal lateral curvature
What is the term for sternal protrusion?
Pectus carinatum