Resp Percussion & Auscultation

Question 1

Normal vesicular breath sounds

Answer 1

Rustling quality

Louder during inspiration, heard in first 3rd of expiration

Question 2

Breath sounds in PLEURAL EFFUSION

Answer 2

Reduced or absent

Question 3

Vocal resonance in PLEURAL EFFUSION

Answer 3

Reduced or absent

Question 4

Percussion note in PLEURAL EFFUSION

Answer 4

Stony dull

Question 5

Breath sounds in PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 5

Reduced or absent

Question 6

Vocal resonance in PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 6

Reduced

Question 7

Percussion note in PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 7

Hyperresonant

Question 8

Breath sounds in COLLAPSE

Answer 8

Reduced or normal

Question 9

Vocal resonance in COLLAPSE

Answer 9

Reduced or normal

Question 10

Percussion note in COLLAPSE

Answer 10

Dull or normal

Question 11

Breath sounds in CONSOLIDATION

Answer 11

Bronchial

Question 12

Vocal resonance in CONSOLIDATION

Answer 12

Increased

Question 13

Percussion note in CONSOLIDATION

Answer 13

Dull

Question 14

What clinical feature do pleural effusion, pneumothorax, lobe collapse & lobe consolidation all share?

Answer 14

Reduced expansion

Question 15

What are the key clinical findings in PLEURAL EFFUSION?

Answer 15

Percussion note: stony dull (transmitted through density)

Auscultation: reduced or absent

Question 16

What are the key clinical findings in PNEUMOTHORAX?

Answer 16

Percussion note: hyperresonant (being transmitted through air)
Auscultation: reduced or absent

Question 17

What are the key clinical findings in LOBE COLLAPSE?

Answer 17

Percussion note: dull

Auscultation: reduced or normal

Question 18

What are the key clinical findings in CONSOLIDATION?

Answer 18

Vocal resonance: Increased

Breath sounds: bronchial