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Comprehensive Respiratory and Cardiac Assessment Key Terms
Comprehensive
Study Guide
Respiratory
and Examand
Review.pdf
Cardiac Assessment Key Terms
Comprehensive
Study Guide
Respiratory
and Examand
Review.pdf
Cardiac Assessment Key Terms Study Guide and Exam Review.pdf

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Accessory muscle use Increased work of breathing - priority respiratory assessment


AP diameter equals transverse diameter Abnormal adult chest configuration - assess ventilation


Unequal chest expansion Possible impaired ventilation on one side


Increased tactile fremitus Increased lung density


Decreased tactile fremitus Decreased air movement


Dull percussion Increased tissue or fluid replacing air


Hyperresonance Increased air in lungs


Crackles (do not clear with cough) Abnormal lung sounds - assess oxygenation


Wheezes Narrowed airways

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