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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FIVE OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASES | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC FIBROSIS, EMPHYSEMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, ASTHMA |
| TREE IN WINTER PATTERN | BRONCHIECTASIS |
| AIR BRONCHOGRAM | PNEUMONIA |
| STEEPLE SIGN | CROUP |
| WEDGE-SHAPED INFILTRATES | PULMONARY EMBOLUS |
| HONEYCOMB PATTERN | ARDS, IRDS |
| CONCAVE SUPERIOR INTERFACE BORDER | PLEURAL EFFUSION |
| DIGITAL CLUBBING | COPD |
| GROUND GLASS APPEARANCE | ARDS OR IRDS |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH | PULMONARY EMBOLUS |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF TACHYPNEA | PNEUMOTHORAX |
| PINK FROTHY SPUTUM | PULMONARY EDEMA |
| RHONCHI (COURSE RALES) | MUCUS IN LARGE AIRWAYS |
| RETICULOGRANULAR PATTERN ON X-RAY | ARDS, IRDS |
| PITTING EDEMA | CHF |
| INCREASED A-P DIAMETER | COPD (CHRONIC AIR TRAPPING) |
| 3-LAYER SPUTUM | BRONCHIECTASIS |
| WEAKNESS IN LEGS (LOWER EXTREMITIES) | GULLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME |
| PURULENT SPUTUM | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS |
| CONSOLIDATION CHEST X-RAY | HEAVY COLLECTION OF INFILITRATES |
| BASILAR INFILTRATES WITH MENISCUS | PLEURAL EFFUSION |
| OPAQUE | FLUID FILLED LUNGS |
| DIFFUSE | SCATTERED THROUGHOUT (ATELECTASIS OR PNEUMONIA) |
| DULL TO PERCUSSION | FLUID FILLED (PNEUMONIA OR PLEURAL EFFUSION) |
| FLAT TO PERCUSSION | ATELECTASIS |
| PULSES PARADOXUS | SEVERE AIR TRAPPING |
| THUMB SIGN | ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS |
| HYPERLUCENCY | EXCESS PULMONARY AIR (COPD, ASTHMA, PNEUMOTHORAX |
| FLUFFY INFILTRATES | PULMONARY EDEMA |
| PLATE-LIKE INFILTRATES | ATELECTASIS |
| VASCULAR MARKINGS | INCREASED WITH CHF, ABSENT WITH PNEUMONIA |
| NIGHT SWEATS | TUBERCULOSIS |
| ASHEN OR PALLOR | ANEMIA OR ACUTE BLOOD LOSS |
| TACHYCARDIA | HYPOXEMIA |
| STUPOROUS CONFUSED | DRUG OVERDOSE |
| DROOPING EYELIDS, DOUBLE VISION, DYSPHAGIA | MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
| GENERAL MALAISE | ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
| ORTHOPNEA | CHF |
| ANGRY, IRRITABLE COMBATIVE | ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
| PLEURAL FRICTION RUB | TUBERCULOSIS, LUNG CANCER, PULMONARY INFARCTION |
| FINE RALES | ASSOCIATED WITH CHF AND PULMONARY EDEMA |
| MEDIUM RALES | SECRETIONS IN MID-SIZE AIRWAYS |
| PARADOXICAL CHEST MOVEMENT | FLAIL CHEST, RIBS BROKEN IN MULTIPLE PLACES |
| HYPERRESONANT TO PERCUSSION | PNEUMOTHORAX |
| SPIKED T WAVES | HYPERKALEMIA |
| RADIOLUCENT | NORMAL LUNGS |
| PATCHY INFILTRATES | ATELECTASIS |
| BATWING OR BUTTERFLY PATTERN | PULMONARY EDEMA |
| UNILATERAL WHEEZING | LUNG MASS OR FOREIGN BODY IN LUNG |
| FLATTENED T WAVES | HYPOKALEMIA |
| KUSSMAUL'S BREATING | METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, DIABETES, RENAL FAILURE |
| LETHARGIC, SLEEPY, SOMNOLENT | CO2 OVERDOSE |
| MARKED OR SEVERE | EMERGENT CONDITION |
| INVERTED T WAVES | MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA |
| DIAPHORESIS | HEART FAILURE |
| MUCOID SPUTUM | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS |
| NO CHEST MOVEMENT WITHOUT NASAL FLOW | CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA |
| CHEST MOVEMENT WITHOUT NASAL FLOW | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA |
| DECREASED VOLUMES SVC, FVC | RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER |
| DECREASED FLOWS FEV1/FVC%, FEV1, FEF25-75, FEF 200-1200 | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER |
| ELEVATED EOSINOPHIL COUNT | ASTHMA |
| DOUBLE LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE | INDEPENDENT LUNG VENTILATION USED FOR AFTER LUNG SURGERY, TRANSPLANT, OR WITH LUNG CANCER |
| SPAG UNIT (SMALL PARTICLE AEROSOL GENERATOR | USED TO DELIVER RIBAVIRIN FOR RSV |
| H CYLINDER TANK FACTOR | 3.14 |
| E CYLINDER TANK FACTOR | 0.28 |
| MINIMUM MAXIMUM INSPIRATION PRESSURE TO SUSTAIN BREATHING | 20 CMH20 |
| MINIMUM VITAL CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN LIFE | 10 ML/KG |
| MINIMUM SPONTANEOUS TIDAL VOLUME TO SUSTAIN LIFE | 5ML/KG |
| PT (PROTHROMBIN TIME) | LABORATORY TEST TO CHECK THE ADEQUACY OF WARFARIN (COUMADIN) THERAPY AND HEPARIN THERAPY |
| PTT (PARTIAL THROMBLASTIN TIME | LABORATORY TEST TO CHECK THE ADEQUACY OF HEPARIN THERAPY |
| BRONCHOGRAM | TEST USED TO DIAGNOSE BRONCHIECTASIS |
| HYPERNATREMIA | ASSOCIATED WITH DEHYDRATION |
| VENOUS DISTENTION | CHF |
| RETRACTION | ASSOCIATED WITH INFANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS |
| APNEUSTIC BREATHING | ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN TRAUMA OR TUMOR |
| ACCESSORY MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY | COPD |
| ELEVATED S-T SEGMENT | SEEN IN CURRENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| PRONOUNCED Q WAVES | ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| COLD, CLAMMY SKIN | ASSOCIATED WITH INFARCTION |