Holistic Health Assessment - respiratory system - Chapter 11
– examination Questions With Complete Solutions
a decrease in breath sounds is the most common abnormality
due to Correct Answer patient not breathing deeply
airway obstruction by foreign body or tumor
airway narrowing from asthma or COPD
depression of the CNS
a patient who has a barrel chest from emphysema may not have
Correct Answer expansion due to overinflation
adventitious breath sounds Correct Answer Abnormal breath
sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.
air trapping Correct Answer increasing difficulty in getting
breath out
AP diameter Correct Answer -anterior/posterior (front to back)
to transverse diameter (side to side), normal ratio is 1:2
abnormal
-1:1 ratio anterior/posterior becomes as wide as side to side,
normal in child (barrel chest), COPD (hyperinflation of lungs)
ataxic Correct Answer An irregular , unpredictable respiratory
rate and tidal volume.
barrel chest caused by emphysema _________ costal angle
Correct Answer increases
, biot Correct Answer irregularly interspersed periods of apnea
in a disorganized sequence of breaths
bradypnea Correct Answer slower than 12 breaths per minute
breath sounds can be determined abnormal if they are
auscultated Correct Answer where they are not expected
bronchial breath sounds are abnormal wehn heard anywhere
over the Correct Answer posterior or lateral thorax
this may indicate consolidation of the lung which may be found
with pneumonia (this sound would e loud and high pitched as if
the air source is just under the stethoscope)
bronchovesicular breath sounds Correct Answer moderate
pitched, medium intensity
heard over first and 2nd intercostal spaces at sternal border
anteriorly ant at T4 medial to scapula posteriorly
equal duration in inspiration and expiration
bronchovesicular breath sounds should be considered abnormal
when heard Correct Answer over the peripheral lung areas
broncial breath sounds Correct Answer loud, high pitched
heard over the trachea
prolonged in the expiratory phase
– examination Questions With Complete Solutions
a decrease in breath sounds is the most common abnormality
due to Correct Answer patient not breathing deeply
airway obstruction by foreign body or tumor
airway narrowing from asthma or COPD
depression of the CNS
a patient who has a barrel chest from emphysema may not have
Correct Answer expansion due to overinflation
adventitious breath sounds Correct Answer Abnormal breath
sounds such as wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and crackles.
air trapping Correct Answer increasing difficulty in getting
breath out
AP diameter Correct Answer -anterior/posterior (front to back)
to transverse diameter (side to side), normal ratio is 1:2
abnormal
-1:1 ratio anterior/posterior becomes as wide as side to side,
normal in child (barrel chest), COPD (hyperinflation of lungs)
ataxic Correct Answer An irregular , unpredictable respiratory
rate and tidal volume.
barrel chest caused by emphysema _________ costal angle
Correct Answer increases
, biot Correct Answer irregularly interspersed periods of apnea
in a disorganized sequence of breaths
bradypnea Correct Answer slower than 12 breaths per minute
breath sounds can be determined abnormal if they are
auscultated Correct Answer where they are not expected
bronchial breath sounds are abnormal wehn heard anywhere
over the Correct Answer posterior or lateral thorax
this may indicate consolidation of the lung which may be found
with pneumonia (this sound would e loud and high pitched as if
the air source is just under the stethoscope)
bronchovesicular breath sounds Correct Answer moderate
pitched, medium intensity
heard over first and 2nd intercostal spaces at sternal border
anteriorly ant at T4 medial to scapula posteriorly
equal duration in inspiration and expiration
bronchovesicular breath sounds should be considered abnormal
when heard Correct Answer over the peripheral lung areas
broncial breath sounds Correct Answer loud, high pitched
heard over the trachea
prolonged in the expiratory phase
