NUR 2092 Exam 4
- Rhonchi
Answer low-pitched, coarse, loud snoring sound. Usually caused by secretions in bronchial airway
- Wheeze
Answer continuous musical sound; heard in patients with asthma
- Crackles
Answer continuous popping. Patients with atelectasis or heart failure
- Coarse crackles
Answer faint crackling; pneumonia
- Barrel chest
Answer emphysema
- pectus excavatum
Answer sunken sternum
- scoliosis
Answer s-curve of spine, makes inhalation difficult
- kyphosis 1 / 2
Answer hunchback
- normal lung sounds
Answer clear or bronchial (adult/older child) vesicular (young adult)
- bronchophony
Answer abnormal transmission of sound from the lungs. Test- auscul- tate lungs, say "99" should not be able to hear; abnormal- clearly hear '99'
- Dullness
Answer occurs over a distended bladder, adipose tissue, fluid, or a mass.
- Tympany
Answer empty, hollow areas
- Thoracic expansion
Answer examine chest movement, should be smooth and even. Note any accessory muscle or labored breathing.
- Tonsil assessment
Answer DO NOT want them to meet in mid-line
- cyanosis in Africans
- / 2
Answer gray skin around mouth eyes appear gray/bluish