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Thorax and Lung review Flashcards

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2nd intercostal space is used for

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needle insertion for tension penumothorax

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angle of louis

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sternal angle
-5 cm lower than suprasternal notch

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4th intercostal space is used for

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chest tube insertion

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level of the 4th rib

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endotracheal tube on chest xray

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7th intercostal space is for

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thoracentesis needle

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What vertebra is the most protruding process when neck is flexed?

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c7 vertebra

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What spinous process does the lower border of the lung lie around?

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T10

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Where should the RML be assessed along?

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right anterior axillary line

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Traits of the right main bronchus

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wider, shorter and more vertical

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common or concerning symptoms of thorax and lung analysis

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dyspnea
wheezing
cough
hemoptysis
angina pectoralis
daytime fatigue
snoring

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History to obtain for Dyspnea

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-occurs at rest or exertion?
-pt’s daily exercise as a basis
-Timing, setting, any associated symptom and A/A factors
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in dyspnea secondary to anxiety

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-rest and exercise
-hyperventilation
-difficulty breathing/smothering sensation
-paresthesia around lips or extremities

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Left sided heart failure

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slow progression of dyspnea or sudden onset if pulmonary edema
associated symptoms: orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, sometimes wheezing

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Chronic bronchitis

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chronic productive cough
slowly progressive dyspnea
-recurrent respiratory infections, wheezing
-HX of smoking, exposure to air pollutants, COPD

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COPD

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-slowly progressive dsypnea
-cough with scant mucoid sputum
-hx of smoking, air pollutants, familial alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

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Asthma

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reversible bronchoconstriction
-symptom free periods
-nocturnal episodes common
-wheezing, cough, tightness in the chest
-Aggravated by allergens, irritants, respiratory infection, exercise, cold and emotional

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Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease

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progressive dyspnea with rate variable due to cause
-exertion aggravates
-weakness and fatigue
-cough is less common

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Pneumonia

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acute illness
-aggravated by exertions, smoking
-symptoms: pleuritic pain, sputum, fever (not present in much)

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Spontaneous Pneumothorax

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air pleural space w partial or full lung collapse
-sudden dyspnea
-pleuritic pain, non productive cough
COMMON: tall & young males, hx of emphysema

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Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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sudden dyspnea and tachypnea
-no associated symptoms
(sometimes: unilateral leg swelling, retrosternal oppressive pain, pleuritic pain, cough, syncope, hemoptysis, DVT)
-RISK FACTORS: Post-partum, Post-op, bed-rest, heart failure, COPD, fractures of the hips or legs, DVT, hypercoagubility

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Anxiety with Hyperventilation

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over breathing resulting in alkalosis
-@ rest
-symptoms: sighing, lightheadedness, numbness or tingling, palpitations, angina pectoralis

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Duration of Coughs

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Acute: < 3 weeks
subactute: 3-8 weeks
Chronic: >8 weeks

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Color of Sputum

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Yellow/green=bacterial
Clear/white= viral

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Foul odor of sputum

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indicates lung absess

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Symptoms to help determine cause of a cough

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fever, wheezing, chest pain, dyspnea, orthopnea

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Hemopytsis

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-determine the volume, setting and activity, and associated symptoms

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Cough and Hemoptysis

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Pink frothy sputum seen with

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left heart failure

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What to ask with chest pain

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location of pain
-attributes of chest pain

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30
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Tearing from the front of the chest to the back

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aortic dissection

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Initial Survey signs of Respiratory Distress

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tachypnea
Cyanosis or pallor
clubbing of fingernails
Audible breath sounds
accessory muscle use
tracheal displacement
shape of chest

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Tracheal displacement is seen in

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tension pneumothorax, pleural effusion, atelectasis

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Inspection checks for

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deformities or asymmetry in chest expansion
intercostal retractions
impaired respiratory movements

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Palpation Identifies

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Areas of tenderness
palpable crepitus (grating sound)
Masses
Test fo chest expansion
Vocal fremitus

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Palpation Process

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-Chest expansion (front and back- check how far your thumbs expand)
-Tactile Fremitus (say 99 and use ulna down the chest. 4 on the back and 3 down the front)
-assess for masses

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Causes of Unilateral Decrease in chest expansion

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chronic fibrosis
pleural effusion
lobar pneumonia
pleural pain with splinting
unilateral bronchial obstruction
paralysis of hemi-diaphragm

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Causes of asymmetric decreased tactile fremitus

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chest impeded by thick chest wall
obstructed bronchus
COPD
pleural effusion
fibrosis
pneumothorax
malignancy
asthma

38
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cause of asymmetric increased tactile fremitus

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unilateral pneumonia

39
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Percussion process

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Percuss the back (14 total, 5 down the middle, 2 on the sides)
Diaphragmatic excursion

40
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Flat percussion sound examples

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pleural effusion

41
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Dull percussion sound

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lobar pneumonia
atelectasis
pleural effusion
hemothorax
tumor

42
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Resonant

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Healthy lung sound!
Chronic bronchitis
asthma (between attacks)

43
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Hyperresonant

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Unilateral with pneumothorax
COPD
Asthma attack

44
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Tympanitic

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Large pnuemothorax

45
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Diaphragmatic excursion

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Identify the diaphragm and then find the dullness
mark the dullness at full inspiration and full expiration

46
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Normal diaphragmatic excursion

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3-5.5cm

47
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Auscultation

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Ask for the pt to breath through their mouth
-ladder position, 14 on the back, 12 on the front

Go through Egophony, bronchophony and whispered pectoriloquy

48
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Vesicular Breath Sounds

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Inspiratory > Expiratory
soft
low pitch
heard over both lungs

49
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Broncho-Vesicular breath sounds

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inspiratory = expiratory
intermediate sound
intermediate pitch
-in the 1st and second interspaces and between the scapula

50
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Bronchial Breath sounds

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Expiratory > inspiratory
Loud
high Pitch
over the large proximal airways

51
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Tracheal breath sounds

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inspiratory=expiratory
very loud
high pitch
over the trachea

52
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Crackles (Rales)

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popping
-dots in time, non musical, brief
-Fine=high pitched
-Coarse= louder and lower pitched

53
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Wheezing Breath Sounds

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Asthma, COPD, airway obstruction
-dashes in time
-high pitched

54
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Rhonchi

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“snoring”
secretions in the large airways
-dashes in time
-low pitched

55
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Crackles is caused by

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abnormalities of the lungs
pneumonia
lung disease
pulmonary fibrosis
heart failure
bronchitis and bronchiectasis

56
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Wheezing is caused by

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narrowed airways of asthma
COPD
bronchitis

57
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Egophony

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ask pt to say “eee”
negative (“eee”)
positive (“aye”)
positive= lung consolidation

58
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Whispered Pectoriloquy

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ask pt whisper “99”
normal (heard faintly)
abnormal (words heard clerarly)
Indicates= tissue has lost air (pneumonia)

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Bronchophony

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ask pt to say “99”
normal (sounds are muffled and indistinct)
abnormal (sounds are clear)

High pitched sounds indicates lung tissue has lost air

60
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Egophony, bronchophony and whispered pectoriloquy are seen in

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lobar consolidation and pneumonia

61
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Normal adult chest inspection

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Lateral Diameter > AP diameter
0.7-0.9 ratio
Increases with age

62
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Funnel Chest

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Pectus excavtum
-depression in lower portion of the sternum
-cause murmurs and heart compression

63
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Pectus Carinatum

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Pigeon chest
Sternum displaced anteriorly, increases the diameter of AP
-costal cartilages near sternum are depressed

64
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Barrel Chest

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increased AP diameter
-normal during infancy and old age
-COPD

65
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Traumatic Flail Chest

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Multiple rib fractures cause paradoxical movement of the thorax
-Inspiration: injured area caves inward
-expiration: it moves outward

66
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Thoracic Kyphoscoliosis

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Abnormal spinal curvatures
vertebral rotation deform the chest

67
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Special Techniques

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6-minute walk test
Forced Expiratory Time (FET)
Fractured rib test

68
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6 minute walk test

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measures the distance a patient can walk on hard, flat, for 6 minutes
-100 ft minimum
-predictor of clinical outcome of COPD

69
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FET

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PT: deep breath in and out as quickly as possible with mouth open
Listen over the trachea
slow expiratory time >5 seconds

70
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Pts >60 yo and FET of >9 seconds are

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4x more likely to have COPD

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Identification of a Fractured Rib

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Compress the chest in the AP plane
-one hand on sternum and one on the thoracic spine and squeeze
-pain distal to your hands=rib fracture

72
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Normal Physical Findings

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Resonant
Trachea Midline
Vesicular Breath sounds
No adventitious sounds
Normal tactile fremitus and voice sounds

73
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Left sided heart failure physical findings

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Resonant
midline trachea
vesicular breath sounds
Late inspiratory crackles
possible wheezing
normal tactile fremitus and voice sounds

74
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Chronic Bronchitis Physical Findings

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Resonant
Midline trachea
Vesicular breath sounds
no adventitious sounds (sometimes scattered wheezing, crackles or rhonchi)
normal tactile fremitus

75
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Lobar Pneumonia Physical Findings

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Dull
Midline Trachea
Bronchial sounds (Over affected lobe)
Late inspiratory crackles
Increased tactile fremitus
Abnormal egophony, bronchophony and whispered pectorlioquy

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Partial Lobar Obstruction (atelectasis) Physical findings

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Dull
Tracheal shift (toward injured side)
Absent breath sounds
No adventitious sounds
absent tactile fremitus and transmitted voice sounds

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Pleural Effusion Physical findings

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Dull to flat
shifted trachea toward the unaffected side
Decreased breath sounds
No adventitious sounds (sometimes wheezes, crackles, rhonchi)
Decreased tactile fremitus or voice sounds

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Pneumothorax Physical Findings

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Hyperresonant/tympanitic
Shifted toward opposite side (in tension)
Decreased breath sounds over the pleural air
No adventitious sounds
Decreased tactile fremitus and voice sounds

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COPD physical findings

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Diffusely hyperresonant
Midline trachea
Decreased breath sounds (w delayed expiration)
No adventitious sounds (unless assoc. w chronic bronchitis)
normal tactile fremitus and voice sounds

80
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Asthma physical findings

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Resonant to diffusely hyperresonant
Midline trachea
Breath sounds obscured by wheezing
Wheezing, rales
Decreased tactile fremitus and voice sounds

81
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Example of normal Inspection documentation

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Breathing is easy without signs of distress. Chest wall is symmetric without deformity. No retractions.

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Palpation example of normal documentation

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No areas of tenderness to palpation. No palpable masses. Symmetric lung expansion A and P. Tactile fremitus is symmetric A and P.

83
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Percussion normal documentation example

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Percussion is resonant to all areas of the lung anteriorly and posteriorly. Diaphragmatic excursion is 5cm L and R.

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Auscultation normal documentation example

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Vesicular breath sounds are heard throughout the lung fields anteriorly and posteriorly with good aeration. There are no adventitious sounds noted. No abnormalities of egophony, bronchophony, or whispered pectoriloquy detected.

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Example of a normal lung exam

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Breathing is easy without signs of distress. Chest wall is symmetric without deformity. No retractions. No areas of tenderness to palpation. No palpable masses. Symmetric lung expansion A and P. Tactile fremitus is symmetric A and P. Percussion is resonant to all areas of th elung A and P. Diaphragmatric excursion is 5 cm L and R. Vesicular breath sounds are hear throughout the lungs fields A and P with good aeration. There are no adventitious sounds noted. No abnormalities of egophony, bronchophony, or whispered pectoriloquy.

86
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Emphysema

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pathologic DX, permanent enlargment of respiratory zone.
-older and thin
-severe dyspnea
-quiet chest
-Xray- hyperventilation with flattened diaphragm

87
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Chronic bronchitis

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clinical dx of daily productive cough for 3 or more months for 2 years.
-overweight and cyanotic
-elevated hemoglobin
-rhonchi and wheezing
-edema

88
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Typical Community Acquired Pneumonia

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Acute infection of lung parenchyma
-from hospital
-Fever, cough, sputum, rigors, pleuritics, dyspnea, tachycardia

Bronchiol breath sounds
Rales
Egophony positive
whispered pectoriloquy
increased tactile fremitus

Streptococcus pneumonae is most common

88
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Exudative Pleural Effusion

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occurs due to inflammation and icnreased capillary permeability
-pneumonia, cancer, TB, automimmune

high protein and LDH
Yellow

88
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Transudative Pleural Effusion

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increased hydrostatic pressure or low plasma oncotic pressure
(CHF, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, PE, Hypoalbuminemia)

Low in protein and LDH
Clear color

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