Lesson 11 (HA Lab) Flashcards
Air hunger
Dyspnea
A non painful by uncomfortable awareness of breathing that is inappropriate to the level of exertion
Dyspnea
A sudden onset of dyspnea without pain
Pulmonary embolism
a blood clot gets stuck in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung
Pulmonary Embolism
A typically reflex response to stimuli that irritate receptors in the larynx, trachea, or large bronchi
Cough
It can be a symptom of left-sided heart failure
Cough
Viral upper respiratory infections are the most common cause of
Acute Coagh
Postinfectious cough, bacterial sinusitis, or asthma
Subacute cough
Postnasal drip, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis
Chronic cough
It is translucent, white or grey sputum
Mucoid Sputum
It is yellowish or greenish sputum
Purulent Sputum
A chronic cough last for
8 weeks
An acute cough last for
3 weeks
A subacute cough lasts for
3-8 weeks
Do lungs have pain fibers?
No
It may be caused by cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal etiologies
Chest pain
It may be caused by cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal etiologies
Chest pain
Trachea and large bronchi is due to
Bronchitis
Five Percussion Notes
Flatness
Dullness
Resonance
Hyperresonance
Tympany
Healthy lungs are considered as ______
Resonant
Alternate percussing one side of the chest and then the other at each level in a ___________
Ladder-like pattern
It replaces resonance when fluid or solid tissue replaces air
Dullness
Pleural accumulations of serous fluid
Lobar pneumonia
A sound which is soft and low pitch
Vesicular
They are heard through inspiration, continue without pause through expiration, and then fade away about one third of the way through expiration
Vesicular
The inspiratory and expiratory sounds about equal, at times separated by a silent interval
Bronchovesicular
Louder and higher pitch sound
Bronchial
With a short silence between inspiratory and expiratory
Bronchial
Infra means
Below
Inter means
Between
Supra means
Above
Sometimes calls as rales
Crackles
An important part of your examination, often leading to diagnosis of cardiac and pulmonary conditions
Crackles (rales)
Wheezes
Ronchi
It may be from the abnormalities of the lungs or of the airways
Crackles / Rales
These are intermittent, non-musical, brief crackling sounds (collapsed or fluid filled alveoli popping open)
Crackles
It suggest narrowed airways, as in asthma, COPD, or bronchitis
Wheezes
Pneumonia, fibrosis, early congestive heart failure are considered as
Abnormalities of the lungs
Asthma, COPD, or bronchitis has a _______ sound
Wheezing
These are high pitched sounds heard first upon exhalation
Wheezes
Secretions in large airways
Rhonchi
This is a low pitch sound, snoring, rattling sounds that occur primarily during exhalation
Rhonchi
Loud, high-pitched crowing sound that is heard upon inhalation
Stridor
The thorax is wider than it is deep
Normal Thorax
Its lateral diameter is larger than its anteroposterior diameter
Normal thorax : ratio 1:2
There is an increased anteroposterior diameter
Barrel Chest
This shape is normal during infancy, and often accompanied agind and COPD
Barrel chest
Another term for pigeon chest
Pectus Carinatum
The sternum is displaced anteriorly, increasing the ap diameter
Pigeon chest
Depression in the lower portion of sternum
Funnel Chest
Compression of the heart and great vessels may cause
Murmur
Abnormal spinal curvatures and vertebral rotation deform the chest
Thoracic Kyphoscoliosis
