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Vesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔*low pitched*
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heard over lungs
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*ONLY* occurs when tissue is healthy
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Bronchovesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔heard |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
over major bronchi
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moderate pitch |\
Factor that cause decreased breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔accumulated fluid or puss |\ |\ |\
secretions or foreign body obstructs the bronchi
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lungs are hyper-inflated
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shallow breathing |\
Breath sounds..... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔shift from vesicular to
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bronchial when there is fluid in the lung itself (pneumonia)
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Assessing lungs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔inspection
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palpation
percussion
auscultation
, Inspection (lungs) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fingers clubbing
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lips/skin color |\
chest symmetry
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use of accessory muscles
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pt's position
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Resonant (lungs) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔healthy lung &
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bronchitis
Dull (lungs) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lung consolidation
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lobar pneumonia
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pleural effusion |\
Hyperresonant (lungs) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔emphysema |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pneumothorax
The larger the airway - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The louder and
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higher pitched the sound
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Emphysema/COPD-assessment findings - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Use of accessory muscles
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Abnormal skin color |\ |\
Distress/tripod position |\
Barrel Chest |\
Decreased breath sounds |\ |\