Physical exam Flashcards
What are the physical exam findings in a patient with bronchial obstruction?
- Hyporesonance to percussion
- Decreased fremitus
- Decreased breath sound
Tracheal deviation in case of bronchial obstruction
If there is tracheal deviation, it is towards the side of the lesion
What are the physical exam findings in a patient with pleural effusion?
- Decreased breath sounds
- Dullness to percussion
- Decreased fremitus
What are the physical exam findings in a patient with lobar pneumonia?
- Bronchial breath sounds
- Dullness to percussion
- Increased fremitus
Tracheal deviation in lobar pneumonia
No tracheal deviation
What are the physical exam findings in a patient with pneumothorax?
- Decreased breath sounds
- Hyperresonance
- Absent fremitus
Pleural effusions cause a(n) _____ (decrease/increase) in fremitus, whereas pneumonia causes a(n) _____ (decrease/increase) in fremitus
Decrease; increase
Bronchial obstructions may cause tracheal deviation _____ (away from/toward) the lesion, whereas pneumothoraces result in deviation _____ (away from/toward) the lesion
Toward; away from
PE findings in consolidation
- Bronchial breath sounds
- Late inspiratory crackles
- Egophony
- Bronchophony
- Whispered pectoriloquy
Tracheal deviation in simple pneumothorax
None
