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INBDE Orthodontics NBDE II Review - Prosthodontics Perio Study
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when you inspect the chest of the shape and configuration
an aging adult, what do you
look for?
When someone complains of how many pillows do they sleep on
SOB when laying down, what do
you ask them?
When someone has chronic Barrel chested
COPD, what would you expect
their chest to look like?
Left lung = 2 lobes, is narrower than the right because heart
What are differences between bulges to the left
the right and left lungs?
right lung = 3 lobes, but shorter than
In a normal healthy adult, the vesicular breath sounds and you will hear them over the
lung assessment finding would peripheral fields of the lungs
be
What is the bell of the lower pitched sounds
stethoscope designed to hear?
What sound can be generated vocal sounds
from the larynx?
When doing assessment of you go from side to side
breathe sounds, what pattern do
you listen in?
When assess adults, how do you hold the diaphragm firmly to the chest, especially on males
hold the diaphragm of the because of hair
stethoscope?
decreased or absent breath any bronchial obstruction (ex. pneumonia)
sounds can be caused by what?
Any obstruction (Partial, or if a unequal breaths
lung collapsed) can cause
what?
abnormal sounds that can be heard in the lungs when you
What are adventitious sounds?
auscultate
, Costal cartilages become calcified = less mobile thorax
lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate
With aging adults, what happens
to the respiratory system? have decreased # of alveoli = less surface area
lung bases are less ventilated = because of the result of closing
off a # of airways
what are the breathe sounds Bronchovesicular
which are moderately pitched Bronchial
and heard over bronchi Vesicular
What are ronchii? low-pitched wheezing sounds
What does the use of accessory indicates the present of a disorder that affects a person's ability
muscles indicate? to breathe
chest pain (pressure, squeezing, burning, or fullness)
pain in arm, neck, jaw, shoulder or back accompanying chest
pain
nausea
What are the S/S of angina
pectoris fatigue
SOB
sweating
Dizziness
What heart valves close with S1? Mitral and Tricuspid
What heart valves close with S2? Aortic and Pulmonic
What sound is made with S1? lub
What sound is made with S2? dub
a gentle, blowing, swooshing sound that can be heard on chest
what is a murmur?
wall
precordial movements that are visible and/or palpable pulsations
of the chest wall
What is a heave/lift?
Originate on the hear tor greater vessel
Best felt with the heel of the hand at the sternal border
palpate each carotid artery medial to sternomastoid muscle in
neck, palpate gently.
how do you palpate the carotid Palpate one carotid artery at a time
pulse?
feel contour and amplitude of pulse, normal contour is smooth
with a rapid upstroke and slower downstroke.
Findings should be bilateral and approx. 2+,