lungs Flashcards
chest excursion positive findings
asymmetry
chest excursion indication
fibrosis of lung
pleural effusion
lobar pneumonia
chest expansioin positive findings
less than 2” in males
less than 1” in females
indications of chest expansion
ankylosing spondylitis
lung pathology
lung inspection positive findings
pectus excavatum
pectus carinatum
cyanotic
barrel chested
palpation - positive findings
increased/decreased fremitus
increased fremitus indicative of…
consolidation
pneumonia or cancer
decreased fremitus indicative of…
emphysema
pleural effusion
pneumothorax
percussion positive findings
tympany
dullness
dullness indicative of…
tumor
pneumonia
consolidation
tympany indicative of…
emphysema
pneumothorax
auscultation positive findings..
rales, crackles
wheezes
rhonchi
stridor
rales, crackles indicative of…
pneumonia
atelectasis
wheezes indicative of…
ashtma
bronchitis
rhonchi indicative of..
COPD
tumor