respiration, i suppose Flashcards

1
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somethings you will see bact. pnuemonnia

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labored breathing, faster rate, faster rate of heart beat. fever.
tactile fremitus—asymmetry, no vibes on filled side—rule is inside the lungs air insulates vibration and sound; inside the lungs, consolidation amplifies vibration and sound
We will grade air as ABCD or F, it would be C, it does a passable job
consolidation is an A student

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5 things of consolidation

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blood, pus, edema, tumor, proteinaceous fluid….

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3
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on side of consolidation, lung sounds will be

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louder

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4
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with percussion, how will consolidation compare?

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duller

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5
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sounds where trachea is bifurcated

sounds at midline

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bronchovesicular

bronchotracheal

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6
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with bilateral pneumonia

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you won’t have that asymmetry

you’re gonna have to compare him/her to past patients

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7
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stridor is what

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loud sounds coming from larger airways, noisy labored breathing

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8
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mediastinal crunch (Hamman sign) is what---ish
adventitious breath sounds
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crepitus kinda

subcutaneous air

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9
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digital clubbing can be found with what broad categories

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emphysema, lung CA, Cystic fibrosis,
intrathoracic pathologies
2. would be intraabdominal path., Crohns, UC, etc
3. thyroid acropachy

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10
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pale/blue nails would indicate

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lack of Oxygen, Lungs or Heart

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11
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Raynauds is again what

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arterial spasming, stress, vibration or cold may cause this

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12
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asthma

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small reactive airway disease….bronchiole constriction

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13
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atelectasis is what

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incomplete expansion of the lung at birth or the collapse of the lung at any age..
more: segmental collapse, maybe pushed out, maybe there is an obstruction—then there is a collapse distal to that point
difference between this and pneumothorax—-air in the potential space of the pleura

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14
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bronchitis is simply

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inflammation of the large airways

“dirty chest xray”

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15
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pleurisy

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inflamm process involving the visceral and parietal pleura, which becomes edematous and fibrinous
“sharp pain” prob point to sides of ribs “deep stab”

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16
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empyema

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encapsulated purulent exudative fluid collected in the pleural space—between pleura, outside the lungs

17
Q

effusion

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fluid outside the lungs, make a flat line on xray

18
Q

broncophony

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louder transmission of words thru the consolidated side when listening with stethoscope

19
Q

egophony

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conversion of long e sounds to a nasily a sound

bleating goat sound on side of consolidation

20
Q

harder to feel vibration when pleural effusion

and sound….and percussion

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21
Q

being able to see the visceral-pleural line

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separation from wall—-pneumothorax