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What generates the power to breathe?

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The diaphragm and the external intercostal muscles

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At what level does the trachea bifurcates?

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At the level of the fourth or fifth thoracic vertebrae

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How does the right bronchus differ from the left?

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The right is shorter, wider and straighter than the left bronchus

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What lobes are present in the right lung?

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Upper, Middle, Lower

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What lobes are present in the left lung?

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Upper and Lower only

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What is an other name for the sternomanubrial angle?

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Angle of Louis

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Where is the Angle of Louis located?

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Approximately 5cm below the suprasternal notch lateral to the second rib

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What landmark is associated with the inferior wing of the scapula?

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T7

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What landmark is associated with the most prominent cervical spinous process?

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C7

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What ribs articulate with the sternum?

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Only the first seven ribs

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Where do ribs eight, nine and ten articulate?

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With the cartilage above

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What is another name for the eleventh and twelfth ribs?

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Floating ribs, have free anterior portions

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What fissure divides the upper and lower lobes in both the right and left lung?

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Oblique fissure

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What are the borders of the oblique fissure?

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Begins on the anterior chest at the six rib at the midclavicular line and extends laterally upward to the fifth rib in the midaxillary line ending at the posterior chest at the spinous process T3

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What is the fissure that separates the right upper and middle lobes?

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The horizontal fissure

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What are the borders of the horizontal fissure?

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It extends from the fourth rib at the sternal border to the fifth rib at the midaxillary line

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17
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How far up do the lungs extend?

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Approximately 3-4cm above the medial end of the clavicles

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Where are the inferior margins of the lungs?

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Extend to the sixth rib at the midclavicular line to the eight rib at the midaxillary line and between T9 and T12 posteriorly

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What causes the right hemidiaphragm higher than the left?

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The liver

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20
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What is the most common symptom of lung disease?

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Cough

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Describe paroxymal nocturnal dyspnea?

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Sudden onset of SOB at night, the patient is seized with sudden intense strangulation sensation

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What disease is strongly correlated with paroxymal nocturnal dyspnea?

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CHF

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23
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Describe orthopnea?

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Difficulty breathing while lying flat

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How is orthopnea relieved?

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Use of multiple pillows to prop the patients head

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Describe platypnea.
Difficulty breathing while sitting up
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What relieves platypnea?
The recumbent position
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Describe Trepopnea.
Condition in which patients are more comfortable breathing while lying on one side
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What is abnormally high pitched noise hear predominately on expiration?
Wheezing
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What two situations can cause a decrease in the amount of wheezing hear on auscultation?
Either an opening of the airway or a progressive closing off of the air passage
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When does central cyanosis occur?
Only after the O2 saturation has fallen to less than 80%
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How much Hgb must be present in order for central cyanosis to occur?
2-3g/100mL blood
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What are the two types of COPD?
Emphysema | Chronic bronchitis
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What is a significant finding to indicate COPD after examining the chest?
An increased AP diameter is seen in advanced COPD
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What is one of the earliest signs of airway obstruction?
Use of accessory muscles
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What are two accessory muscles used on inspiration?
Trapezius and the Sternocleidomastoid
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How do accessory muscles aid in ventilation?
They raise the clavicle and the anterior chest to increase the lung volume and produce and increased negative intrathoracic pressure
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How much clavicular movement is associated with severe obstructive lung disease?
More than 5mm
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What is a normal RR in an adult?
10-14 respirations per minute
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What is an accurate way to calculate respiration in a patient?
Count breaths in thirty seconds and multiply by two
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What information does tactile fremitus provide?
Useful information regarding the density of the underlying lung tissues and chest cavity
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What will increase tactile fremitus?
Conditions that increase the density of the lungs and make them more solid --> consolidations
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What factors might decrease tactile fremitus?
Clinical conditions that decrease transmission of these sounds: Excess fat Air or fluid in chest cavity Over expansion of the lung (emphysema)
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How many sites should tactile fremitus be evaluated in?
Six locations
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What information can percussion provide?
Air-tissue ratio
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What sounds should be heard when percussing over a solid organ?
Dull, low amplitude short note
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What sounds should be heard when percussing over a structure containing air within a tissue?
Resonant, higher amplitude, low pitch note
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What sounds should be heard when percussing over a hollow air-containing structure?
Tympanic, high pitched , hollow note
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What sounds should be heard when percussing over a large muscle mass?
Flat, high pitch note
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What is a normal finding when percussing over the chest?
Dullness over the hart and resonance over the lung fields
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What does the term hyperresonacne indicate?
Percussion note obtained from a lung with decreased density such as in emphysema
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What is the normal amount the diaphragm moves between inspiration and expiration?
4-5cm
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How does diaphragmatic movement change in patients with emphysema?
It is decreased
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What part of the stethoscope is used to hear high pitched sounds?
The diaphragm
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What part of the stethoscope is used to hear low pitched sounds?
The bell
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What can occur if the bell is pressed too tightly against the patient?
It turns into a diaphragm
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Harsh, loud, high pitch sounds heard over the extra thoracic portion of the trachea?
Tracheal breath sounds
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Why aren't tracheal breath sounds really evaluated?
They do not represent any clinical lung problems
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Loud and high pitched sounds that sounds like air rushing through a tube?
Bronchial breath sounds
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Where are bronchial breath sounds typically heard?
Listening over the manubrium
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What part of the respiratory cycle are bronchial breath sounds heard best?
Expiratory component is louder and longer than the inspiratory component
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What type of breath sounds are a mixture of bronchial and vesicular sounds?
Bronchovesicular
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What part of the respiratory cycle are bronchovesicular breath sounds heard best?
The inspiratory and expiratory components are equal in length
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Where are bronchovesicular breath sounds best heard?
The first and second intercostal spaces anteriorly and between the scapula posteriorly
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What sounds are soft, low pitch heard over most of the lung fields?
Vesicular
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What part of the respiratory cycle are vesicular breath sounds heard best?
The inspiratory component is much longer than the expiratory component
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When are distant breath sounds heard?
In hyperinflated lungs such as emphysema
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What is thought to be the cause of crackles?
Opening of collapsed distal airways and alveoli
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What do crackles sound like and when are they best head?
Heard on inspiration, short, discontinuous, non-musical sounds
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What are the most common causes of crackles?
Pulmonary edema CHF Pulmonary fibrosis
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What do wheezes sound like?
Continous, musical, high pitched sounds
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What is the cause of wheezes?
Produced by airflow though narrowed bronchi
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What does ronchi sound like?
Low pitch, more sonorous lung sounds
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When is ronchi typically heard?
Transient mucous plugging and poor movement of airway secretions
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What does a pleural rub sound like?
Grating sound produced by motion of the pleura
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When is a pleural rub best heard?
End inspiration, beginning of expiration
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When is egophony said to be present?
When a patient is saying eeee and it sounds like aaaa
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What does positive egophony indicate?
Consolidation of lung tissue
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What is whispered pectoriloquy?
Asking the patient to whisper while listening to their chest
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What does positive whispered pectoriloquy indicate?
Consolidation is present
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What does bronchophony examine?
Patient talking while listening to them with stethoscope, if words become louder consolidation is likely present

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