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Resp 3 III
Breath sounds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crackles (fine) | only on inspiration -Crumpling cellophane or rubbing hair between fingers - DOES NOT go away with cough -alveolar secretion - POPPING (alveolar opening) |
| What diseases for fine crackles | atelectasis, pulmonary edema, pneumonia |
| Crackles (coarse) | SNORING -clear with cough -POPPING indicates secretions in airway |
| What diseases for coarse crackles | bronchitis, pneumonia |
| Wheezing | HIGH Pitch noise, MUSICAL - Does not clear with cough - small airway constriction |
| What diseases are for wheezing | asthma, emphysema |
| Stridor | inpsiration high pitch CROWING sound - -large airway constriction of partial obstruction |
| What are the diseases for stridor | croup, swelling trachea, large airway partial obstruction |
| Pleural Friction Rub | CREAKY LEATHER sound, -indicates of inflamed pleural lining |
| What are the diseases for pleural friction rub | pleural effusion, and pleurisy |
| Flatness | absolute short dead, solid material tumor or atelectasis, consolidation |
| Dullness | THUD pneumonia |
| Resonance | NORMAL low pitch sound (easily heard) |
| Hyperressonance | LOUD BOOM sound easily heard in kids |
| Tymphany | MUSICAL (wheezing) - air filled stomach, not normal with if air filled in chest Pneumothorax and asthma |
| What has decreased resonance | flatness and dullness |
| What had increased resonance | hyperressonance and Tymphany(wheezing) |
| bronchial | over trachea |
| bronchial vesicular | upper half of sternum |
| vesicular | soft muffled over lung peripheral area |