IPPA Chest Flashcards
Increased in AP diameter
Seen in aging and copd
Barrel chest
Also known as pectum excavatum
Funnel chest
Pectus carinatum
Pigeon chest
Tachypnea can cause
Restrictive lung disease
Pleuritic chest pain
Elevated diaphragm
Hyperpnea is also known as
Rapid deep breathing
Hyperventilation
Deep breathing due to metabolic acidosis
Kussmaul breathing
Periods of deep breathing alternate with periods of apnea
Cheyne stokes breathing
Unpredictable breathing
Ataxic breathing
Biot’s breathing
Inspiratory > expiratory
Soft
Low pitch
Vesicular
Inspiratory >= expiratory
Intermediate
Intermediate
Heard 1 and 2 ICS Ant. Over scapula
Bronchovesicular
Expiratory > inspiratory
Loud
High pitch
Bronchial
Inspiratory = expiratory
Very loud
High pitch
Tracheal
Intermittent
Non musical
Brief
Like dots in time
Crackles or rales
Soft , high pitched and very bried
fine crackles
Somewhat louder and lower in pitch
Coarse crackles
Relatively high pitched
Hissing or shrill
Wheezes
Relatively low pitched
Snoring quality
Rhonchi
This adventitious lung sounds are causes by interstitial disease, CHF
Late inspiratory crackles
Adventitious lung sound caused by chronic bronchitis and asthma
Early inspiration crackles
Adventitious lung sound caused by bronchiectasis and associated with wheezes and rhonchi
Midinspiratory and expiratory
Known as creaking sounds
Pleural rub
Best heard in the left lateral position
Due to mediastinal emphysema
Synced with heart beat
Mediastinal crunch
