Respiratory signs Flashcards
Consolidation
Tracheal displacement: None
Expansion: reduced over affected area
Percussion: dull
Air entry: bronchial
Extra: crackles
Vocal resonance: increased
lung collapse respiratory sign
Tracheal displacement: shift towards
Expansion: reduced over affected area
Percussion: dull
Air entry: absent or reduced
Vocal resonance: absent
Effusion
Tracheal displacement: away
Expansion: reduced over affected area
Percussion: stony dull
Air entry: absent over fluid, bronchial above
Extra: rub, crackles above
Vocal resonance: reduced
Pneumothorax
Tracheal displacement: Away
Expansion: reduced over affected area
Percussion: resonant
Air entry: reduced
Extra: none
Vocal resonance: reduced
Pulmonary fibrosis
Tracheal displacement: None
Expansion: reduced symmetrically
Percussion: normal
Air entry: normal
Extra: late inspiratory crackles
Vocal resonance: normal
