Respiratory Assessment NSL

Question 1

Percussion should sound like what over lung tissue?

Answer 1

Resonance

Question 2

Percussion should sound like what over hyper-inflated lungs?

Answer 2

Hyper-resonance

Question 3

Percussion should sound like what over liver and heart?

Answer 3

Dullness

Question 4

Percussion should sound like what over bone and muscle?

Answer 4

Flat

Question 5

Percussion should sound like what over air-filled organ?

Answer 5

Tympany

Question 6

What are the 3 normal breath sounds?

Answer 6

bronchial, bronchovesicular and vesicular

Question 7

What are the 5 adventitous breath sounds?

Answer 7

Crackles, Rhonchi, Wheezes, Stridor and Pleural Friction Rub

Question 8

When are crackles heard?

Answer 8

On inspiration

Question 9

Describe crackles

Answer 9

high pitched crackling or popping sound like rice crispies usually due to sudden inflation of alveoli and small airways with fluid present

Question 10

Describe rhonchi

Answer 10

low pitched rumbling, growling or snoring usually caused by mucus in large airways and may clear with coughing

Question 11

Dscribe wheezes

Answer 11

high pitched, musical sound like whistling caused by airflow through narrowed, constricted airways

Question 12

Describe stridor

Answer 12

high pitched, harsh, crowing sound heard on inspiration caused by a partial upper airway obstruction

Question 13

Describe Pleural Friction Rub

Answer 13

Creaking, grating sound

Question 14

Tell me about Bronchial Breath Sounds

Answer 14

Loud; Expiration is longer, lower, and higher pitched than inspiration

Question 15

Tell me about Bronchovesicular Breath Sounds

Answer 15

Medium Pitched and Blowing; Inspiration and Expiration have similar pitch and duration

Question 16

Tell me about Vesicular Breath Sounds

Answer 16

Soft and Breezy; Inspiration is longer, louder and higher pitched than inspiration