Respiratory System Flashcards
What questions would you ask?
vaccination?
deworming?
medications?
type of housing?
health stage and performance of toher animals ?
type of environmemnt?
age?
Steps of the exam=
nose and paranasal sinuses
coughing
larynx and pharynx
trachea
thorax
Nose and paranasal sinuses?
shape, form of nose (brachycephalic?)
occurence of nasal stridor
expired air
occurence of nasal discharge
nasal plane
nasal openings, MM
palate, nasopharynx
paranasal and frontal sinuses
When can we hear a nasal stridor?
narrowed airway passages: localisation??
abnormal sounds if we have nasal stridor?
stridor, sneezing - in cats rhinotracheitis
snoring, stertor: brachycephalic dogs
reverse sneezing
singultation in puppies (hicks)
How can we differentiate the stridors?
nasal stridor - sniffing sound
pharyngeal stridor - snoring sound (snoring in brachycephalic dogs)
larygneal stridor - soft sawing sound
collapsed trachea- EXPIRATORY TOOTING like a pig
laryngeal paralysis: inspiratory stridor
narrow trachea, bronchus - mixed
expired air can be categorized?
strength
symmetry
temperature
smell
nasal discharge?
continuinty, side, quantitiy, quality, consistency, color, odor smell
nasal plane?
color, surface, moisture
DDX for upper/nasal?
rhinitis ulcerosa
epistaxis: bleeding out of the nose - unilateral or bilateral
distemper? hyperkeratosis on nose and feet
canine leishmaniosis - skin
cutaneous vasculitis
discoud lupus erythematous
coughing examination?
origin? spontaneous or stimulated
frequency? rare, frequent, paroxysmal (anfallsartig)
strength? weak, medium intense, with or without snap
tone? sharp, dull, barking, rattlong, roaring, hoarse
occurence? during night, mornings, always
duration? short, medium long, held
secretion content? dry medium wet
painful or painless
deepness
localisation of origin
quality of sputum
coughing laryngeal origin?
episodical, heavy, gagging, retching, tendency to vomit
larynx paralysis: deep, long, harsh
coughing tracheal origin?
loud, explosive, barking like
tracheal collapse: goose honk
bronchial cough?
acute phase: pattern - tracheitis
chronic phase: mucus, pus, wet, rough
chronic bronchitis/lung emphysema?
short, weak, dry
pneumonial cough?
soft
cardiac disease cough?
wet, hacking cough
characteristics of stimulated cough?
intensive, medium deep. dry, sharp, painless, does not recurr
normal percussion sound
medium-large sized animal: sharp, low, non resonant, sonorous
and short percussion
small animal: sharp, high or low sonorous and long percussion sound
special percussion sounds:
metaliic, sharp high pitched
cracked, pot sound: rasping and whizzing
hollow sound: strong, long, high, tympanic or non tympanic
lung borders of dog:
ventral border of tuber coxae: 11
tuber ischii 10
point of shoulder 8