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Chest&Lungs, Heart&Blood Vesesls, Breasts

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Kussmaul   rapid, deep & labored breathing  
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Cheyne-Strokes   varying period of increasing depth of breathing interspersed with apnea  
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Ataxic breathing   significant disorganization with irregular/varying depths of respirations  
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PND (paroysmal Nocturnal Dypsnea)   suddenly wakes at night with shortness of breath, cant lie down and breathe  
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Biot's   irregularly interspersed period of apnea with disorganized sequences (seen at end of life stage)  
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Stridor   high pitched wheezing or gasping sound with airway obstruction (audible without stethoscope)  
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Barrel Chest   chest has a AP:L ratio of 1:1  
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Normal chest ration   AP:L 1:2  
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Tactile Fremitus   normal vibration of chest wall. Have pt repeat "99"...decreased or absent in patients with COPD or pleural infusion  
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Percussion sound = Dull   percussion sound means fluid or solid filled (pneumonia or tumor)  
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Percussion sound = Hyperressonance   percussion sound means air filled or over inflated such as emphysema or asthma  
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Crackles   fine or coarse sounds heard low and does not clear with coughing  
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Rhonchi   snorous wheeze and low coarse sounds that clear with coughing  
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Bronchophony   fluid filled lungs, there is greater clarity when listening to patient say "99"...words are easily understood when listening to lung sounds  
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Wheezes   musical sounding, loud through expiration  
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Friction Rub   dry, grating sounds which is indicative of pleural lining rubbing against wall of chest  
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Egophony   increased nasal quality. E's become stuffy A's which indicates consolidation  
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Consolidation   lungs filled with fluid  
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Whispered Petroiloquy   if bronchophony is extreme even whispers are heard  
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breath odor sweet/fruity   sign of diabetes or starvation  
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breath odor is fishy/ammonia   sign of uremia/renal problems  
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Atrioventricular Valves (AV valves)   Tricuspid and Mitral Valves  
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Semilunar Valves (SL valves)   Pulmonary and Aortic Valves  
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S1   closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves  
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S2   closure of pulmonary and aortic valves  
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S3   early diastole (SLOSHING-IN) S1,S2,S3  
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S4   late diastole (A-STIFT-WALL) S4,S1,S2  
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Thrills   palpabale vibrations, purring of the car (defect in the SL valves)  
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Lift/Heaves   can feel tap/thrust against your hand  
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S1 heard loudest here   heard loudest at apex of heart  
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S2 heard loudest here   heard loudest at base of heart  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 1   heart sounds barely audible  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 2   heart sounds quiet but clearly audible  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 3   heart sounds moderately loud but NO thrill or thrust  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 4   heart sounds moderately loud WITH thrill or thrust  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 5   heart sounds very loud with thrust or thrill  
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Grade of Heart Mumur 6   heart sounds very loud, no stethoscope needed, VISIBLE thrust or thrill  
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gynecomastia   enlargement of breast tissue and almost always subsides in 1-2 years  
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Peau d' orange   orange peel effect, in advanced carcinoma. skin appears thickened with large pores  
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dimpling of breast   can indicate carcinoma  
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Paget's disease   intraductal carcinnoma, scaling crusts at the nipple in early stages, nipple may become reddened excoriated or crusted  
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Mastitis   infalmmation ofthe breast tissue; red, swollen, tender, hot and hard  
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5 D's of Nipple Abnormalities   Discharge, Depression, Discoloration, Dermatological, Deviation  
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