Test 2 - 1 Flashcards
- Pathologic bronchial sound is not characteristic for:
a) lobar pneumonia
b) massive pleural effusion
c) chronic bronchitis
d) bronchiectases
e) c+d
e) c+d
c) chronic bronchitis
d) bronchiectases
- Adventitious sounds characteristic of asthma are:
a) wheezes
b) crackles
c) rales
a) wheezes
- Auscultation of subject with pneumothorax reveals findings except for:
a) decreased intensity of vesicular sound (even ”silence over chest”)
b) increased intensity of vesicular sound
c) in some cases metallic sound
b) increased intensity of vesicular sound
- Physical examination of COPD subject reveals symptoms listed below except for:
a) barrel chest
b) dullness on percussion
c) rchonchi
d) increased intensity of vesicular sound
e) b+d
e) b+d
b) dullness on percussion
d) increased intensity of vesicular sound
- Fluid collected between parietal and visceral pleura is known as:
a) pneumothorax
b) pneumonia
c) pleural effusion
d) hydrocele
c) pleural effusion
- In most respiratory illness, what symptom is present in 80% to 90% of the patients?
a) wheezing
b) cough
c) hemoptysis
d) chest pain
e) breathlessness
b) cough
- What is the name for the sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing?
a) orthopnea
b) eupnea
c) dyspnea
d) tachypnea
c) dyspnea
- Calculate the pack-year history of a patient who has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for the past 8 years.
a) 16 pack-years
b) 8 pack-years
c) 32 pack-years
d) 4 pack-years
a) 16 pack-years
- What is the normal inspiratory-expiratory ratio of vesicular sound (on auscultation) in adults?
a) 1:2
b) 3:1
c) 4:3
d) 1:1
b) 3:1
- In which clinical case would hyperresonance over the chest be heard (on percussion)?
a) pneumothorax
b) pleural effusion
c) atelectasis
d) lobar pneumonia
a) pneumothorax
- Chest percussion is a useful diagnostic clinical tool in:
a) localization of small infiltrates
b) localization of small effusions
c) localization of small pneumothoraces
d) determining the extent of diaphragmatic motion
d) determining the extent of diaphragmatic motion
- Pain localized on a left side of a chest, nonradiating, with no tenderness over the affected area and worsening by deep breathing or coughing can be referred to:
a) heart attack
b) left lobar pneumonia
c) COPD exacerbation
d) pleuritic pain
d) pleuritic pain
- Cyanosis, the bluish color of the skin, occurs whenever the reduced hemoglobin exceeds:
a) 4 g%
b) 5 g%
c) 6 g%
d) 8 g%
b) 5 g%
- What is the maximal range of normal blood pressure in adults?
a) 90/60
b) 120/70
c) 139/89
d) 145/95
c) 139/89
- Which added lung sound is characterized as a high-pitched one?
a) rales
b) vesicular sound
c) bronchovesicular sound
d) wheezes
d) wheezes
- Funnel chest (pectus excavatum) is characterized by
a) an increased anteroposterior diameter
b) a depression in the lower portion of the sternum
c) lateral displacement of sternum
d) is referred to thoracic kyphoscoliosis
b) a depression in the lower portion of the sternum
- Dullness to percussion of the chest can be found in
a) pleural effusion
b) atelectasis
c) pneumonic infiltration
d) emphysema
e) a+b+c
e) a+b+c
a) pleural effusion
b) atelectasis
c) pneumonic infiltration
- Lung consolidation (i.e. pneumonia) is characterized by:
(1) dullness on percussion;
(2) hyperresonance on percussion
(3) bronchial sound presence;
(4) bronchial sound absence
(5) increased fremitus;
(6) decreased fremitus
a) 1+4+5
b) 1+4+6
c) 2+3+6
d) 2+4+6
e) 1+3+5
f) 2+4+5
e) 1+3+5
(1) dullness on percussion;
(3) bronchial sound presence;
(5) increased fremitus;