Vital Signs Flashcards
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The body gives off waves of heat from uncovered surfaces
Radiation
An oscillating fan blows currents of cool air across the surface of a warm body
Convection
Body fluid in the form of perspiration and insensible loss is vaporized from the skin
Evaporation
The body transfers heat to an ice pack, causing the ice to melt
Conduction
Low pitched, soft sounds heard over peripheral lung fields
Vesicular
Medium pitched sounds heard over the major bronchi
Bronchovesicular
Loud, high pitched sounds heard over trachea/larynx
Bronchial
Musical or squeaking
Wheeze
High pitched continuous sounds
Wheeze
Auscultated during ins & exp
Air passing through narrowed airways
Wheeze
Sonorous or coarse; snoring quality
Rhonchi
Low pitched, continuous sounds
Rhonchi
Auscultated during ins & exp
Coughing may clear the sound
Air passing through or around secretions
Rhonchi
Bubbling, popping
Crackles
Low to high pitched, discontinuous sounds
Crackles
Auscultated during ins & exp
Opening of deflated small airways and alveoli; air passing passing through fluid in airways
Crackles
Harsh, loud, high pitched
Stridor
Auscultated on ins
Stridor
Narrowing of upper airway (larynx or trachea); presence of foreign body in airway
Stridor
Rubbing or grating
Friction rub
Loudest over lower lateral anterior surface
Friction rub
Auscultated during ins & exp
Inflamed pleura rubbing against chest wall
Friction rub
OVER STOMACH B/C
HOLLOW: a high-pitched, drum-like sound, air-containing space; is usually heard over the distended abdomen.
Tympany
a loud, booming sound, is usually heard over a hyperinflated lung, as in patients with emphysema—
ALVEOLI HYPERINFLATED—LOUDER THAN NORMAL RESONANCE
Hyperresonance
a soft, high-pitched sound, is generally heard over bones, muscles, and tumors
IF IM PERCUSSING NORMAL LUNGS-SHOULD HEAR NORMAL HOLLOW SOUNDS-RESONANCE—WAY TO
DISTINGUISH, IF COME UPON FLAT/DULL THEN OVER LIVER, BONE, TUMOR OR ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF IN
CORRECT AREA
Flatness
A soft high-pitched, thud-like sound, can generally be heard over dense
organs, such as the liver.
Dullness
Right on skin
Direct
