Week 6 Flashcards
What are two questions that can be asked for the pulmonary review of systems?
Ask about coughing or shortness of breath
What type of normal breath sounds have a very loud intensity, very high pitch, and have an I:E ratio as pictured?
tracheal
What type of normal breath sounds have a loud intensity, high pitch, and have an I:E ratio as pictured?
bronchial
What type of normal breath sounds have a moderate intensity, moderate pitch, and have an I:E ratio as pictured?
bronchovesicular
What type of normal breath sounds have a soft intensity, low pitch, and have an I:E ratio as pictured?
vesicular
How is the sound of crackles best described?
discontinuous popping velcro
What conditions are commonly associated with crackles?
pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary edema, pneumonia
How is the sound of wheezing best described?
musical breath sounds through a tube (high or low pitched)
What conditions are commonly associated with wheezing?
asthma
How is the sound of ronchi best described?
a low-pitched, gurgling wheeze
What conditions are commonly associated with rhonchi?
COPD
Where are pleural rubs best auscultated?
At the axilla and base of the lungs
Stridor is heard with the narrowing of what airways types?
trachea
Wheezing is heard with the narrowing of what airway type?
bronchial airways
How is the sound of stridor best described?
A loud, mostly inspiratory, high-pitched wheeze (tusken raider)