Medical-Surgery Respiratory

Medical-Surgery Respiratory Crackles Wheezes (rhonchi) Stridor Pleural friction rub Absent breath sounds - Adventitious breath sounds Collapsed alveoli - Fine crackled lung sounds are due to this Fluid in the lungs - Coarse crackled lung sounds are due to this Incentive spirometer and C&CD - Treatment for crackles Obstruction in airway - Wheezes (rhonchi) are due to this Expiration Inspiration Both - Rhonchi gets from bad to worse when heard on C&DB - Nursing intervention for rhonchi Bronchodilator - Treatment for rhonchi Partial obstruction of the airway - Stridor is due to this Stridor is a constant pitch - This is the way to tell the difference between wheezes and stridor Suction - If a patient his stridor, they need to have this Lungs grating on each other - Pleural friction rub is due to this 48 hours - This is how long a sputum culture takes Morning care - Sputum cultures have to be done after this Mucous trap - If a sputum culture is to be obtained, the patient should make use of this Bronchoscopy - Putting a tube into the throat into the bronchi to obtain biopsies Used to evaluate tissues, cells, and secretions - A lung biopsy is used for this Transbronchial Percutaneous/transthoracic needle aspiration VATS (Video-assisted thoracic surgery) Open biopsy (thoracotomy) Thoracentesis - Types of lung biopsies Transbronchial - This type of lung biopsy goes through the bronchiole Percutaneous/transthoracic needle aspiration - This type of lung biopsy goes through the skin and chest wall VATS (Video-assisted thoracic surgery) - This type of lung biopsy goes through the chest wall with the aid of a camera