Question | Answer |
What is the anteoposterior:transverse ratio? | 1:2 |
Where can signs of cyanosis be seen? | On the face and lips, also on hands and lower extremities |
What is tactile fremitus? | Vibrations felt on surface of chest as sound passes through tissue |
What may cause decreased tactile fremitus? | pneumothorax or obesity |
What may cause increased tactile fremitus? | fluid/pneumonia |
Describe normal bronchial breath sounds and where they can be heard. | Loud, harsh, high pitched sound. Longer on expiration than inspiration. Heard anteriorly over trachea and larynx. |
Describe normal bronchovesicular breath sounds and where they can be heard. | A moderate medium pitched sound. Equal inspiration and expiration. Heard over major bronchi. |
Describe normal vesicular breath sounds and where they can be heard. | Soft low pitched sound. Longer on inspiration than expiration. Heard over peripheral lung fields. |
Describe a wheeze and when it would be heard. | High pitched continuous musical sound usually heard on expiration. |
Describe a rhonchi and when it would be heard. | A low pitched continuous sound usually heard on expiration. Caused by secretion in the large airways. |
Describe a crackle and when it would be heard. | high piched popping sounds or low pitched bubbling sounds. Discontinuous sounds usually heard on inspiration. |
Describe a stridor and when it would be heard. | A piercing, high pitched, crowing sound. Heard primarily during respiration. |
What is bronchophony? Describe the abnormal sound. | Abnormal clarity of spoken word heard through stethoscope. Have patient say "1,2,3" during auscultation. Abnormal if words are clear. |
Describe what the abnormal voice sound egophony would sound like. | Ask the patient to say "eeee" while you auscultate. The abnormal sound would be if the sound changes from a muffled "eee" to an "aaa" sound |
How do you test for pectoriloqy and what would the abnormal sound be? | Have client whisper "1,2,3" as you auscultate lung fields. Abnormal sound is if you hear what they are saying clearly. should be faint and indistinct. |
What might cause unequal chest excurstion? | pneumonia
thoracic trauma such as a fractured rib
pneumothorax |
What causes friction rub and what does it sound like? | Caused by inflamed pleura rubbing together. A superficial, low pitched grating sound. Like 2 pieces of leather being rubbed together. |