NUR 133 Exam 6
- adventitious breath sounds
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Abnormal breath sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.
- bronchial breath sounds
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normal breath sounds made by air moving through the bronchi
- crackles or rales
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fine to coarse bubbly sounds (not cleared with coughing) as air passes through fluid or re- expands collapsed small airways
- decrease tactile fremitus
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decreased vibrations caused by pleural effusion, emphysema, pneumothorax, atelectasis, pleurisy, decreased airflow
- dullness sound of percussion
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Thud like sound produced by dense tissue such as the liver, spleen or heart 1 / 3
- increase tactile fremitus
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indicates denser or inflamed lung tissue, which can be caused by diseases such as pneumonia, lung mass
- Normal breath sounds
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vesicular, bronchial, bronchovesicular
- Resonance
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Percussion sound, low pitch, equal air and tissue, normal lung tissue
- Rhonchi
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Rattling noise of mucous in the lungs, clears with cough
- stridor
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Harsh or high-pitched respiratory sound, caused by an obstruction of the upper airway passages- croup, epiglottis
- Tracheal breath sounds
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heard directly over trachea; created by turbulent flow; loud with expiratory component equal to or slightly longer than inspiratory component
- wheezes, rhonchi
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high-pitched, musical sounds heard on auscultation of the lung as air flows through a narrowed airway; occurs in disorders such as asthma or emphysema
- Temperature sites
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Rectal- 98.6°-100.6°
Oral- 97.6°-99.6° Tympanic- 96.3°-100° Axillary- 96.6°-98.6° Temporal- 97.9°-100.1°
- Components of Health History
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Biographic data, reason for seeking care, present health or history of present illness, past history, family history, review of systems, functional assessment or activities of daily living
- body changes in middle and older adults
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Eye sight, skin elasticity, hearing loss, produce less sweat
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