Test 1 - Clinical Methods - Key Words Flashcards
Rales
Rales are small clicking, bubbling, or rattling sounds in the lungs. They are believed to occur when air opens closed air spaces. Rales can be further described as moist, dry, fine, and course.
rhonchi
Rhonchi are sounds that resemble snoring. They occur when air is blocked or becomes rough through the large airways.
stridor
Stridor is a wheeze-like sound heard when a person breathes. Usually it is due to a blockage of airflow in the windpipe (trachea) or in the back of the throat.
wheezing
Wheezes are high-pitched sounds produced by narrowed airways. They can be heard when a person breathes out (exhales). Wheezing and other abnormal sounds can sometimes be heard without a stethoscope.
Heart murmur scale 1 (Levine scale)
The murmur is only audible on listening carefully for some time.
2
The murmur is faint but immediately audible on placing the stethoscope on the chest.
3
A loud murmur readily audible but with no palpable thrill.[4]
4
A loud murmur with a palpable thrill.
5
A loud murmur with a palpable thrill. The murmur is so loud that it is audible with only the rim of the stethoscope touching the chest.
6
A loud murmur with a palpable thrill. The murmur is audible with the stethoscope not touching the chest but lifted just off it.
discharge rate for junctional pacemakers
40-60
Where to measure core body temperature
typanic, nasal pharyngeal, rectal
normal number of adult teeth
32
aortic stenosis
mid-systolic ejection murmur heard best over aortic area (right sternal border). crescendo/decresendo. Radiates to neck
Mitral valve prolapse
mid-systolic click. heard best over mitral area (v4)
