NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Quiz Respiratory
- Where can bronchial sounds be heard?
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Over the trachea. It is loud, harsh, and usually upon expiration
- What type of adventitious sound is created by narrowing of the bronchi?
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Wheezes
- ·What does a rhonchi finding represent?
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There is inflammation in the lung due to an obstruction or other cause. Common in patients with COPD, bronchitis, pneumonia or cystic fibrosis
- What is tactile fremitus?
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palpable vibrations transmitted through the bronchopulmonary tree to the chest wall as the patient is speaking
- What does tactile fremitus assess 1 / 2
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The amount of air in the lungs, lung tissue density and fluid consolidation in the lungs.
- How to perform tactile fremitus
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Palpate chest while PT says "ninety nine"
- Know why side-to-side pattern is used during a respiratory assessment
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Assesses for symmetry among the lung fields
- crackles
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rice Krispy sound or pop rocks. Course or fine and it is from increased fluid in the lungs.
- stridor
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high pitched crowing noise from upper airway obstruction or an allergic reaction
- wheeze
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high pitched musical sound seen with an asthma attack
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