Resp signs Flashcards
Describe the abnormality/ies

Foreign body
What can hyper-resonance suggest?
Pneumothorax
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Cardiomegaly
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Cannonball metastases (most commonly from renal cell carcinoma)
What can cause increased lung tissue density?
- Consolidation
- Fluid
- Tumour
- Collapse
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Tension pneumothorax
(with tracheal deviation)
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Pneumoperitoneum
What is this scar form?

Chest drain
What can cause a flapping tremor?
CO2 retention
What is this scar from?

Thoracotamy
What is quite breathsounds on auscultation a sign of?
Reduced air entry
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- Multiple rib fractures
- Right sided pneumothorax
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Sail sign (left lower lobe collapse)
What is the main abnormality on this CXR and how do you know?

- Hyperinflation
- Flattened diaphragm
- More than 7 anterior ribs visible
What is this?

Tar stainining secondary to cigarette smoking
Is JVP normally visible at 45˚?
Nope so if you can’t see it don’t pretend you can
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Hilar shadowing
(Hilar lymphadenopaty)
What can cause deviation of the trachea away from the pathology?
- Tension pneumothorax
- Large pleural effusions
Where does aspirated material most commonly sit?
Right bronchus
What is an auditory wheeze suggestive of?
- Asthma
- COPD
What is this?

Peripheral cyanosis
What is this sign and what can it be a sign of?

Clubbing
- Lung cancer
- ILD
- Bronchiectasis
What can cause a fine tremor?
Salbutamol and other beta-agonists
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- Bilateral pleural effusion
- Loss of costophrenic recesses
- Meniscus
What is barrel chest (hyperinflation) a sign of?
COPD
What can this be a sign of?

Anaemia
What is this?

Central cyanosis
What does a dull percussion note say about the underlying tissue?
Dense
What causes treacheal deviation towards the lesion?
- Lobar collapse
- Pnemonectomy
What can crackles suggest?
- Pneumonia
- Atelectasis
- Pulmonary oedema
Describe the abnormality/ies

Middle zone shadowing
(lobar pneumonia)
What can reduced chest expansion be a result of?
- Lung collapse
- Pneumonia