PPS Semester 1

Question 1

What percussion sound means healthy lungs?

Answer 1

-resonant

Question 2

4. Name two conditions associated with dullness to percussion and two conditions associated with hyperresonance to percussion over the lung fields.

Answer 2

Dull:

• Atelectasis
• Pleural Effusion

Hyperresonance:

• Pneumothorax
• COPD

Question 3

What tactile fremitus finding is found in COPD patients?

Answer 3

-decreased

Question 4

Where can the right middle lobe be auscultated?

Answer 4

-Anterior chest

Question 5

For what age group is an annual influenza vaccine NOT reccommended?

Answer 5

-younger than 6 months

Question 6

What are the low pitched sounds auscultated when measuring blood pressure and best heard with the bell of the stethoscope?

Answer 6

-Korotkoff Sounds

Question 7

What type of breath sounds characterized by their location over most of the lungs in a normal exam and the longer duration of inspiratory compared to expiratory sounds?

Answer 7

Vesicular

Question 8

This E-to-A change in transmitted breath sounds in a patient with fever, cough and bronchial breath sounds more than triples the likelihood of pneumonia.

Answer 8

Egophony