Lungs Flashcards
___: esophageal/lung carcinoma; characterized by coughing up blood
hemoptysis
___: vibration; hands on to feel; trying to findout the contents of the lungs
fremitus
palpitation
positive findings of fremitus
too much
not enough
___: pale in color
cyanotic
____: breath in normal; hard to breath out; uses 25% of total energy to breath; suffocating themselves; barrel chested; sounds like kettle drum
emphysema
something that sounds like emphysema but only on 1 side
pneumothorax
___: collapsed lung
atelectasis
____: air between visceral and parietal layers
pneumothorax
positive finds of chest excursion
asymmetry
- 1 or both sides dont expand that well
indications of chest excursion
chronic fibrosis of underlying lung/pleura
pleural effusion
lobar pneumonia
unilateral bronchial obstruction
during chest excursion if neither thumb expands… indicative of…
emphysema
asthma
entire T/S fused - ankylosing spondylitis
positive findings of chest expansion
less than 2” expansion in male
less than 1” expansion in females
indications of chest expansion
ankylosing spondylitis
lung pathology
mucous in the lungs indicative of
bronchiectasis
bronchial blocking
clubbing of the fingers indicative of ___ or ___ disease
lung
heart
clubbing of the fingers:
- ___+ degrees of distal phalange
180
___ first identified as clubbing being associated with disease
hippocrates
too much fremitis indicative of…
pneumonia
infection
atelectasis doesnt usually effect the ___ ___
whole lung
____: vibration felt through chest wall during vocalization
fremitus
fremitus increases with ___ air volume within the lung
decreased
ie. .
- excess fluid
- tumor
- consolidation
fremitus decreases with ___ separation of lungs and pleura
increase
- emphysema
- pleurisy
indication of increased fremitus
consolidation
pneumonia
cancer
indication of decreased fremitus
pleural effusion
pneumothorax
emphysema
COPD
other symptoms of pneumonia
increased core temp
very sick
intense malase
pneumothorax affects ___ side
1
emphysema affects ___ side
2
lungs become dull with ___ of chest wall or underlying lung ____
thickening
consolidation
lungs become hyperresonant or tympanic with ___ air within chest cavity
excessive
positive findings of lung percussion
dullness
tympany
indication of dullness on lung percussion
tumor
pneumonia
consolidation
indication of tympany on lung percussion
emphysema
pneumothorax
emphysema: poor ___ ___ and increased __ left in the lung
gas exchange
CO2
___: to evaluate for the presence of adventitious sounds
auscultation
4 normal breath sounds
vesicular
bronchovesicular
bronchial
tracheal
___ breath sounds: soft, low pitched; heart through inspiration; heart over both lungs
vesicular
____ breath sounds: heard equally on inspiration and expiration; may be separated by a small interval; intermediate intensity; mostly heart in 1st and 2nd ICS and between scapula
bronchovesicular
___ breath sounds; louder, high pitched sound; expiratory sound lasts longer than inspiratory; primarily over manubrium
bronchial
___ breath sounds: very loud, relatively high pitched sound; inspiratory and expiratory sounds are equal;
tracheal
3 abnormal breath sounds
rales
crackles
crepitus