PD Crammin for Exam 2 lol Flashcards
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Superior lobes of the lung are easier to ascultate on the ___, inferior lobes are easier to auscultate on the _____
anterior, posterior
Horizontal fissure of lung is marked by what palpable structure?
Right 4th-5th rib moving medial to lateral
Right oblique fissure of lung is marked by what palpable structure?
5th to 6th rib moving lateral to medial
Directly behind the body of sternum sits the….
…right ventricle of the heart
Left oblique fissure of lung is marked by what palpable structure?
6th rib
RALS system
Determines the orientation of the pulmonary arteries in the hilus of the lung, with the right lung having anterior placed pulmonary artery to the main bronchus and the left lung having superior 2 placed pulmonary artery to the main bronchus
Objects entering the hilus of the lung
Left and right main bronchus, 1 pulmonary artery on each side, 2 pulmonary veins exiting on each side, tiny bronchial arteries entering, 2 on the left and one on the right
Inspection of the thorax
shape and symmetry, accesory breathing muscles, A/P to lateral ratio (pectus excavatum and carinatum or barrel chest), scoliosis, kyphosis, skin for cynaosis, breath odor, respiratory rate pattern
Palpation of the thorax
Feel around for pulsations, bulges, depression or crepitus on both anterior and posterior side, demonstrate tactile fremitus and respiratory excusrion
Tactile fremitus
Have patient cross arms, pallpate with ulnar side of hands the posterior wall starting high and going down and medial around the shoulder blade asking them to say 99 at each point, do same thing atneriorally between pecs and sides
Decreased bilateral tactile fremitus indicates…
….obstruction, copd, pleural effusion, fibrosis, or pneumothroax
Assymetric decreased fremitus indicates…
…unilateral pleural effusion
Asymmetric increased tactile fremitus indicates….
…consolidated tissue thru unilateral pneumonia
Ventilary excursion
Have patients cross arms, place hands on mid lower back and have take deep breath, watch for thumbs to grow in distance between them, anteriorally place thumbs near xyphoid process and do same thing
Percussion of thorax
Tap back going left to right across the back below the scapula listening for dullness, resoonance, or hyperresonance in a ladder pattern, do same on front, then move to diaphragmatic excursion
Hyperresonance during thorax percussion indicates….
…copd and asthma
Diaphragmatic excursion
Have patient roll shoulders forward, tap to find level of diaphragm during quiet respiration (where downward is dull and above is resonant, mark that point), then have patient inspire and hold, percuss down until dull, mark that point, have patient fully expire and hold percuss up until resonance, mark that point, should be 3-5cm diff between inspiration and expiration
Auscultation of thorax
Have patient cough a few times, bend head forward and fold arms over anterior chest, follow same pattern as percussion with stethoscope having them take an open mouth deep breath each time you move, same for front, listen for bronchophony, egophony, and whispered pectriloquiy
Vesicular breath sound
Long inspiratory and short expiratory, low pitch, heard over most of lungs
Bronchial breath sound
Short inspiratory and long expiratory, high pitch, heard over manubrium best
Bronchovesicular breath sound
Equal length inspiratory and expiratory medium pitch, heard best between scapula
Rales
Adventitious breath sound involving packing paper pop, indicative of pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, ateclasis
Wheezes
Adventitious breath sound involving higher pitched hissing, increased in asthma, copd, bronchitis
Ronchi
Adventitious breath sound rough coarse snoring on exhalation, increased in asthma, copd, bronchitis
Friction rub
Adventitious breath sound, pleura rubbing together in a mechanical grating
Bronchophony
Amplification of sound by fluid in a certain space, heard when ascultating by having a patient say 99, it will be louder where there’s consolidation
Egophony
Alteration of sound heard when auscultating by having a patient say eeee and you may hear aaaa if egophony is present, indicative of lung or pleural disease
Whispered pectoriloquy
Loudness due to consolidation tranmission of sound by having a patient whisper 99 while ausculatating, should be barely heard in healthy lungs
Lymphadenitis
Swollen, tender, and erythematous lymph nodes
Thoracic duct
Receives overwhelming majority of lymphatic drainage from the entire left side and bottom right side of body, travels up the left side of the abdomen and thorax to empty where the left internal jugular and left subclavian vein meet
Right lymphatic duct
Responsible for minimal lymphatic drainage from the body, just the right upper extremity and right side of the head, travels to empty into the junction where the right internal jugular and right subclavian vein meet
Cisterna chyli
Dilated lymph vessels in the lumbar spine marking the beginning of the thoracic duct
What are the indications for performing a lyphatic exam?
Every patient, easy and important, palpating provides info about possible presence of malignant or inflammatory process
What lymphatic regions can be clinically examined?
Cervical head and neck, axillary, epitrochlear, inguinal, popliteal
Horizontal inguinal lymph nodes
Travel along th einguinal canal and drain the lower abdomen and buttocks, external genitalia (minus testes) scrotum, anal, and lower vagina
Vertical inguinal lymph nodes
Travel along the line of the great saphenous vein and drain portions of the leg corresponding
Testes lymphatic drainage
Separate pattern from horizontal and vertical inguinal lymph nodes going to paraoritc lymph nodes following testicular arteries deep into abdomen
Inspection lymphatic exam
Lopoking for swelling, erythema, streaking, lesions, rubor, calor, dolar, tumor
General palpation lymphatic exam
Gentle circular motion making note of shape, delimination (boundaries), mobility, consistency, tenderness, or pulsation (meaning its not a lymph node)
Neck palpation lyphatic exam
Pre and post auricular, occipital, tonsillar, submandibular, submental, superficial cervical, posterior cervical along anterior edge of traps, deep cervical chain down scm, supraclavicular deep to clavicle
Axillary palpation lymphatic exam
Have patient grasp your upper arm, palpate with patient seated supine wearing gloves, apical, lateral medial, anteior and posterior lymph nodes
Epitrochlear palpation lymphatic exam
Hold patients wrist and palpate above olecranon for nodes