PE Exam 2 Flashcards
Kussamaul Breathing
Deep, labored sighing respiration
A compensatory response to Metabolic Acidosis
Periodic (Cheyenne-Strokes) breathing
Respiration are interrupted by _______
Cyclic HYPERventilation followed by Compensatory Apnea
Periods of Apnea
Obstructive Breathing
Expiration is prolonged because of narrowed airways
Restrictive Breathing
Reduced lung capacity
Painful respiration
Otherwise normal respiration interrupted by the pain of thoracic movement
Abnormal rate
Reduce CO2 in the blood due to INC rate and depth of respiration
HYPERpnea, HYPERventilation
Dyspnea while laying flat
Orthopnea
Paroxysmal Noctural Dyspnea (PND)
SUDDEN ONSET of Dyspnea while sleeping
Platypnea
Dyspnea worse w/ _______________
Upright posture (Pericarditis)
Signs of Respiratory Compromise
Retractions of the interspaces and
Use of accessory muscles during inspiration
Pursing or Cyanosis of the LIPs
Nasal Flaring
Depression in lower sternum; Compresses the heart and great vessels and may cause murmurs (Pushing away heart, lung, Major vasculature s)
Pectus Excavatum
Pectus Carinatum
Sternum displaced anteriorly
Flail Chest
Multiple rib fractures —> paradoxical movements of the thorax
Fremitus (Increased/louder)
Pneumonia
Fremitus
Decreased or absent
PE, Pneumothorax, COPD, Asthma
Soft and low-pitched sounds heard through inspiration
Vesicular
Louder and high in pitch w/ a short silence between inspiration and expiration
Bronchial
Very loud and high in pitch
Tracheal
Adventitious sounds
Discontinuousm intermittent, nonmusical, brief
Crackles
Pneumonia, Fibrosis, Early CHF, Bronchitis
Continuous, Musical, and Prolonged
Wheezes and Rhonchi (Obstruction)
Relative high-pitched w/ shrill quality
Narrowed airways from Asthma, COPD