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congestive heart failure (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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  • Trachea - midline
  • Tactile Fremitus - decreased
  • Percussion – resonant Breath sounds – vesicular
  • Adventitious sounds – late inspiratory crackles in the dependent portions of lungs; possibly wheezes.

Notes: engorged capillaries where air exchange is occurring in the lungs
Makes dependent airways deflate.

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Pneumothorax (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea – shifted toward opposite side if much air
Tactile Fremitus – decreased to absent over pleural air
Percussion –hyperresonant to tympanic over pleural air
Breath sounds – decreased to absent over pleural air
Adventitious sounds – none, except a possible pleural rub

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Pleural Effusion (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea – shifted toward opposite side in large effusion
Tactile Fremitus – decreased to absent
Percussion – dull to flat over fluid
Breath sounds – decreased to absent, but bronchial sounds may be heard near top of large effusion
Adventitious sounds – none, except a possible rub

Note: blocks the transmission of sound and also collapses the alveoli

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Asthma (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea - midline
Tactile Fremitus - decreased
Percussion – resonant to hyperresonant
Breath sounds – often obscured by wheezes
Adventitious sounds – wheezes, possibly crackles

Notes:

  • constriction in the bronchi, also get edema
  • Lungs will overinflate when you have an asthma attack
  • Widespread narrowing of the trachobronchial tree as well as bronchospasms
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Emphysema (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea - midline
Tactile Fremitus - decreased
Percussion – hyperresonant
Breath sounds – decreased to absent
Adventitious sounds –none or scattered coarse crackles in early inspiration and perhaps expiration; or wheezes and rhonchi associated with chronic bronchitis

Note:

  • alveoli become distended and patient cannot get the air out
  • Hyperresonant percussions – not quite tympanic, like you would hear over the stomach, but there is more air trapped in the lung
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Bronchitis (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea - midline
Tactile Fremitus - normal
Percussion – resonant
Breath sounds – vesicular except perhaps over large bronchi or trachea
Adventitious sounds –none or scattered coarse crackles in early inspiration and perhaps expiration; or wheezes and rhonchi

Notes:

  • inflammation in the bronchioles
  • Copious secretions of mucus
  • You can get some airway obstruction
  • Productive cough
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Consolidation-Pneumonia (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea - midline
Tactile Fremitus – increased over involved area with bronchophony, egophony, whispered pectoriloquy
Percussion – dull over airless area
Breath sounds – bronchial over involved area
Adventitious sounds – late inspiratory crackles over involved area

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Atelectasis- Lobar Obstruction (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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Trachea: may be shifted towards involved side
Tactile Fremitus: usually absent
Percussion: dull over airless area
Breath sounds: usually absent when bronchial plug.
Adventitious sounds: none

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normal lung (trachea, tactile fremitus, percussion, breath sounds, adventitious sounds)

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  • Trachea: midline
  • Tactile Fremitus: normal
  • Percussion: resonant
  • Breath sounds: vesicular except perhaps over large bronchi or trachea
  • Adventitious sounds: none
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developmental considerations for older adults

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  • Chest shows an increased anteroposterior diameter and kyphosis. Person compensates by holding the head extended and tilted back.
  • Chest expansion may be somewhat decreased.
  • Older person may fatigue easily. Allow brief rest periods with quiet breathing.
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developmental considerations for infants and children

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  • Let the parent hold supported against the chest or shoulder. Offer the stethoscope to children.
  • Infants have a rounded thorax until age 6.
  • Infants breath through the nose rather than mouth until age 3 months.
  • The diaphragm is the major respiratory muscle.
  • Infant Rate 30-40
  • Auscultation normally is bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung field up to age 6.
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Anterior Thoracic Cage

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  • Suprasternal notch
  • Sternum (Manubrium, Body, Xiphoid process)
  • Manubriosternal angle (“Angle of Louis”)
  • Costal angle
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Posterior Thoracic Cage

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  • Vertebra Prominens (C7)
  • Spinous Processes
  • The inferior border of the scapula is usually at the 7th or 8th rib.
  • 12th Rib - palpate midway between spine and side to find the location free tip
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what are the 3 lateral reference lines?

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  • Anterior Axillary
  • Posterior Axillary
  • Midaxillary lines
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subjective data - health history questions

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Cough
Sputum 
Dyspnea
Orthopnea
Chest pain with breathing
Hemoptysis
Past history of respiratory infections
Smoking history
Environmental exposure
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7 key points of thorax physical assessment

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  1. Inspection
  2. Respiratory excursion
  3. Palpate for tactile fremitus
  4. Percuss for symmetry
  5. Diaphragmatic excursion
  6. Auscultate posterior chest
  7. Repeat inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation on anterior chest
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configurations of the thorax (5 abnormalities)

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  • barrel chest
  • Pectus Excavatum
  • Pectus Carinatum
  • Scoliosis
  • Kyphosis
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Anteroposterior : Transverse diameter

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Anterior posterior/transverse 1:2

Costal angle should be

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facial expressions

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  • pink puffer: pink complexion, shortness of breath, sitting in tripod position
  • blue bloater: cyanosis, right-sided heart failure, this is also caused by COPD, whether that’s chronic bronchitis or emphysema
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respiration patterns (normal vs. 5 abnormalities)

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  • Tachypnea
  • Bradypnea
  • Kussmaul
  • Cheyne-Stokes
  • Biot’s
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Biot’s

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  • Less regular than Cheyne-Stokes; periods of increased depth and flow followed by a period of apnea
  • Occurs from brain trauma, heat stroke, abscess in the brain
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Cheyne-Stokes

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  • respirations wax and wane in an irregular pattern – shallow to deep, then period of 20 seconds with no breathing at all, and so on
  • occurs with increase ICP, renal failure
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Kussmaul

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  • Tachypnea (rapid) but a much deeper breathing than regular tachypnea
  • occurs with diabetics
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Bradypnea

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  • less than 10 respirations per minute

- can occur as a result of drugs (morphine), increased intracranial pressure

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Tachypnea

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  • increased respirations (24, over 20)

- occurs after exercise, with fever, pneumonia, emotion

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Palpate for symmetric expansion

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  1. Place both hands on posterior chest with thumbs at T9 or T10.
  2. Pinch up a small fold of skin.
  3. Ask person to take a deep breath.
    Your thumbs should move apart symmetrically
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Palpate for tactile fremitus

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  • Use palmar base of finger or ulnar edge, touch chest while patient say ninety-nine
  • Start over apices and palpate from side to side or compare sides
  • Sound is conducted better through a dense or solid structure than porous so anything that increase density of lung will increase fremitus
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abnormal tactile fremitus: increased vs. decreased

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  • Increased tactile fremitus: pneumonia, pus, etc.
  • Decreased tactile fremitus: anything that obstructs transmission of sound from the larynx through the bronchi out to the chest wall, when lung is collapsed
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3 kinds of Transmitted Voice Sounds

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Bronchophony
- “99” clear rather than muffled

Egophony
- “E” to “A” changes

Whispered Pectoriloquy
- louder clear whispered “99“ rather than faint or absent sound

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dry cough

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could be early sign of congestive heart failure

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hacking cough

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pneumonia

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morning cough

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smoker’s cough

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allergies or irritants

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usually in the afternoon

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White or clear, Mucoid or stringy sputum

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cold, could be bronchitis or viral infection

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Yellow or green sputum

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bacterial infection

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Rust-colored sputum

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TB or pneumococcal pneumonia

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Frothy and pink sputum

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pulmonary edema

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Dyspnea

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  • difficulty breathing
  • Normally can do 10-15 words before we’re short of breath
  • Ask questions about activities, number of stairs
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orthopnea

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  • sensation of breathlessness when lying down (recumbent position)
  • relieved by sitting or standing, using pillows to prop up
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chest pain with breathing

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Burning, stabbing sensation could be inflammation of the pleura

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Hemoptysis

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  • coughing up blood
  • Sometimes with pneumonia, but mostly with TB or a pulmonary embolism, heart failure
  • Always distinguish between coughing up blood or vomiting up blood
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Kyphosis

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i. Osteporosis, breakdown in the spinal column
ii. Happens in older adults
iii. Doesn’t usually affect their ability to breathe, but it will be difficult for you to hear their lungs/heart

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Scoliosis

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any abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine

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Pectus Carinatum

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breast bone is kind of protruding from the chest wall

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Pectus Excavatum

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breastbone is kind of depressed, it depends on how depressed it is if it becomes a problem

46
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when would the thumbs not move symmetrically while palpating for symmetric expansion?

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Collapsed lung, partial lung collapse, really sick with pneumonia

47
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percussions of the posterior chest

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i. Percussion is tapping with a very relaxed wrist, tapping middle finger
ii. Trying to listen to the underlying structures
iii. Dolmus: when the air-filled lung is replaced with a dense material like with pneumonia or a pleural effusion (?)
iv. It takes quite a bit of obstruction to make a dull sound when percussing
v. Flat sound will happen over scapula

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normal diaphragmatic excursion

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Space is about 3-5cm

49
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3 kinds of breath sounds that are considered normal

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  1. vesicular
  2. bronchovesicular
  3. bronchial or tubular
50
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What are the 3 kinds of abnormal/adventitious breath sounds

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Crackles (Rales)

  • Fine
  • Coarse – sound like Velcro being pulled apart

Wheezes

  • Sonorous (rhonchi)
  • Sibilant (associated with asthma, more musical sounding)

Pleural rub
- Pleural friction rub – quite painful, sounds like leather rubbing together

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vesicular breath sounds

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  • when inspiration is about 2.5x length of expiration
  • most common
  • soft and low pitched
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bronchovesicular breath sounds

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equal inspiration and expiration, 1:1

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bronchial or tubular breath sounds

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inspiration is shorter than expiration by half

54
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thoracic cage

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bony structure in a conical shape, narrower at the top and wider at the bases

defined by the sternum, 12 pairs of ribs, and 12 thoracic vertebrae

floor of the cage is the diaphragm

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diaphragm

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musculotendon septum that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen

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Where do ribs 1-7 attach?

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to the sternum directly via the costal cartilage

57
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Where do ribs 8, 9, 10 attach?

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to the costal cartilage above

58
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Why are ribs 11 and 12 called floating ribs?

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because they have free, palpable tips

59
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costochondral junction

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where the ribs join into the cartilage and then attach to the sternum

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suprasternal notch

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hollow, U-shaped depression in between the clavicles

61
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What are the 3 parts of the sternum?

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  1. manubrium
  2. body
  3. xiphoid process
62
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What is the angle of Louis?

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articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum - is continuous with the 2nd rib - good place to start counting ribs

marks the site of the tracheal bifurcation into the right and left main stem bronchi

corresponds with the upper border of the atria of the heart
also is the same place as the 4th thoracic vertebra of the back

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What is the costal angle, and what is the normal degree?

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right and left costal margins form an angle where they meet at the xiphoid process

usually 90 degrees or less is normal

emphysema widens the angle so that chest becomes barrel-shaped

64
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Where is the scapula located?

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symmetrically - lower tip between 7th and 8th rib

65
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What are the 5 reference lines for the lungs?

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  1. midsternal line
  2. the midclavicular line (bisects the center of each clavicle)
  3. anterior axillary line (extends down from anterior axillary fold)
  4. posterior axillary line (from the posterior axillary fold)
  5. midaxillary line - runs from the apex of the axilla and lies between and parallel to the two other lines that we’re talking about
66
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mediastinum

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middle section of the thoracic cavity which contains esophagus, trachea, heart, great vessels (inferior and superior vena cava, aorta, pulmonary veins and arteries)

67
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Where are the apex and base of lung from the anterior view?

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apex of the lung is about 3 or 4 cm above the inner 3rd of the clavicle, base rests on the diaphragm around the 6th rib on the midclavicular line

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Where are the apex and base of lung from the posterior view?

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apex is at C7, base is at T10

69
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The right middle lobe can only be listened to in one way: how?

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from the front of the patient’s body

70
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Size differences between right and left lungs

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right lung is shorter than left lung because of liver

left lung is narrower than left lung because of heart

71
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anterior chest contains mostly ___ with very little ____

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upper and middle lobe; lower lobe

72
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posterior chest contains almost all

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lower lobe

73
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How many lobes do each of the lungs have?

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Right: 3, Left: 2

74
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How do you listen to the lungs of a patient who is lying in bed on their back, and why?

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you MUST listen to lungs from behind b/c most secretions going into lower lobe

75
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visceral pleura lines the

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outside of the lungs

76
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parotid pleura lines the

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inside of the chest wall and the diaphragm

77
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pleural effusion

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compromises ability for lung to expand

78
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Location and size of the trachea

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lies anterior to the esophagus and is 10-11 cm long in the adult

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right mainstem bronchus is ____ than the left

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a bit shorter, wider, and more vertical

80
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Function of the trachea and bronchi

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transport gases between the environment

they constitute the dead space (space that’s filled with air but not available for gaseous exchange -about 150 mL in the adult)

81
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bronchi are lined with (2 things)

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goblet cells that secrete mucus

cilia that moves mucous

82
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Where does gas exchange occur?

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across the respiratory membrane in the alveolar duct and in the alveoli – surface area is as large as a tennis court

83
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4 main functions of respiration

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  1. to supply oxygen to the body for energy production
  2. remove carbon dioxide as a waste product
  3. maintain homeostasis (acid/base balance)
  4. maintain heat exchange (less important)
84
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body tissues are bathed by blood that has a very narrow acceptable range of pH, which is

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7.35-7.45

85
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high CO2 helps to stimulate breathing much more than

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low C02

86
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during inspiration, the AP diameter

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increases

87
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expiration is

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primarily passive

88
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egophony, bronchophony and whispered pectoriloquy are all transmitted voice sounds to determine if

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there is a density in the lungs such as consolidation, which is pneumonia

89
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where should you hear resonance?

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over the lungs

90
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if you hear dullness over the lungs, what does it mean?

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pneumonia or pleural effusion

91
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what is hyperresonance, and what kind of patient do you hear that in?

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COPD, emphysema

Resonance increased above the normal, and often of lower pitch, on percussion of an area of the body; occurs in the chest as a result of overinflation of the lung as in emphysema or pneumothorax and in the abdomen over distended bowel

92
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what is venous insufficiency?

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a condition in which the veins have problems sending blood from the legs back to the heart

causes: History of deep vein thrombosis in the legs, Obesity, Pregnancy, Sitting or standing for a long periods

93
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what is arterial insufficiency?

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patients are not getting enough oxygenated blood to their extremities

usually the legs b/c they are most dependent

nails get thicker, hair, skin feels cool

94
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What happens in congestive heart failure?

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the capillaries that are coming from inside the heart are very dilated, which can leads to fluid overload, pulmonary edema

95
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pneumothorax can come from

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emphysema, trauma (leak in chest wall)

96
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what is pleural effusion?

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A buildup of fluid between the tissues that line the lungs and the chest.

97
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difference between bronchitis and asthma

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bronchitis: bronchial inflammation, lots of secretions
asthma: in addition to the copious secretions and dilation of bronchi, they get bronchal spasms

98
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ipsilateral means

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same side

99
Q

contralateral means

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opposite sides

100
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where to look for breast cancer in men and women?

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men: under the nipple
women: tail of spence

101
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how does lymphatic drainage work?

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starts as a siphoning in the interstitial spaces, and then everything is going upstream or downstream towards the heart

102
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if someone has a cut on their finger, they might have inflammation in the

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epitrochlear or central axillary lymph nodes

103
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if a patient has mastitis of the breast, they would have inflammation in

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all of the lymph nodes

104
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Fine crackles (rales) are often a sign of what 3 diseases?

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  1. Restrictive disease
  2. Pneumonia
  3. CHF
105
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Coarse crackles often accompany what 3 diseases?

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  1. Pulmonary edema
  2. Pneumonia
  3. Atelectasis
106
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Pleural friction rub is a sign of

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Pleuritis

107
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Wheeze (sibilant) is a sign of what 2 diseases?

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  1. Asthma

2. Chronic emphysema

108
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Rhonchi (sonorous wheezes) are a sign of what two diseases?

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Bronchitis

Single bronchus obstruction

109
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Stridor is present with what 3 diseases?

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  1. Croup
  2. Acute epiglottitis
  3. Foreign body inhalation

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