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What age does bronchiolitis occur? - most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2 main symptom of bronchiolitis - wheezing-lasts about 7 days most common cause of bronchiolitis - RSV Treatment for bronchiolitis - No specific treatment Order of lung exam - inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Pectus Excavatum - congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave appearance of lower sternum Pectus carinatum - at birth -post CABG mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt -convex deformity -97% have MVP Barrel Chest - associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation -accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening Tactile fremitus - palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3) -impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax -increased in consolidation and PNA percussion: flatness - (thigh) Large Pleural effusion Percussion- dullness - (liver) Lobar PNA Percussion: resonance - (Lung) simple chronic bronchitis Percussion: hyperresonance - None -emphysema, pneumothorax Percussion: tympany - (gastric bubble) -large pneumothorax Auscultation: vesicular - soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs Auscultation: bronchial - louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium Auscultation: bronchovesicular - intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces Auscultation: tracheal - over the trachea and neck, very loud Rhonchi - low-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by secretions w/in the large airways -sometimes cleared with a cough Wheezes - continuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi -predominately expiratory stridor - loud, rough, continuous, high-pitched sound that is pronounced during inspiration -indicates proximal airway obstruction absent/attenuated sounds - NO airflow to the region being auscultated -can occur in a pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural effusion, or parenchymal consolidation Crackles - intermittent, nonmusical, very brief, more pronounced during inspiration -fine or course fine (softer, higher in pitch) course (louder, lower in pitch) Bronchophony - ask pt to say "99" -should be muffled and indistinct -CLEAR sounds are called bronchophony Egophony - ask pt to say "ee" -you should hear a muffled long ee sound -"ee" sounds like "ay" it is positive and called egophony -present over consolidation whispered pectoriloquy - ask pt to say "99 or 1-2-3" -whispered voice is normally faint and indistinct -louder, clearer sounds are called whispered pectriloquy- heard over consolidation Pleural effusion -fremitus, percussion, whispered pectoriloquy, breath sounds - frem= decreased perc=dull whis pect= decreased breath sounds= decreased Consolidation or PNA -frem, perc, whisp pect, breath sounds - frem=increased prec= dull whispered pect= increased breath sounds=decreased emphysema -frem, perc, whisp pect, breath sounds - frem=decreased perc=hyperresonant whisp pect= decreased breath sounds= crackles pneumothorax -frem, perc, whisp pect, breath sounds - frem= decreased perc= hyper-resonant whisp pect= decreased breath sounds= decreased PNA: breath sounds, bronchophony, egophany, whisp pect - breath sounds bronchial or bronchovesicular over involved area positive bronchophony: spoken words louder, clearer -pos egophony: Ee heard as ay -pos whisp pectroiloquy: whisp words louder and clearer -increased tactile fremitus CAP - Cxray often lags behind clinical presentation Tobacco cessation- 5 A's - -ASK about smoking at each visit -ADVISE patients regularly to stop smoking using a clear, personalized message -ASSESS patient readiness to quit -ASSIST patients to set stop dates and provide educational materials for self-help -ARRANGE for follow-up visits to monitor and support patient progress preload - volume of blood returning to the heart contractility - ability of ventricles to contract during systole afterload - vascular resistance against contraction cardiac output - SV x HR BP - CO x SVR Ventricular systole - ventricles contract -mitral and tricuspid valves close producing S1 -right ventricle pumps blood into PA (pulmonic valve is OPEN) -left vent pumps blood into aorta (aortic valve is OPEN)

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Loss Exposure - ✔✔Any condition or situation that presents a possibility of loss, whether or not
an actual loss occurs.



Risk Management - ✔✔The process of making and implementing decisions that will minimize
the adverse effects of accidental losses on an organization



Loss Prevention - ✔✔A risk control technique that reduces the frequency of a particular loss




Loss Reduction - ✔✔A risk control technique that reduces the severity of a particular loss




Exposure Unit - ✔✔A fundamental measure of the loss exposure assumed by an insurer




Property-casualty Insurance - ✔✔One of the two main sectors of the insurance industry,
encompassing numerous types of insurance, most of which cover the financial consequences of
damage to one's own property or legal liability to others.



Life-health Insurance - ✔✔One of the two main sectors of the insurance industry, encompassing
numerous types of insurance that cover the financial consequences of death, injury or sickness



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facts

,Contract of Adhesion - ✔✔Any contract in which one party must either accept the agreement as
written by the other party or reject it.



Contract of Indemnity - ✔✔A contract in which the insurer agrees, in the event of a covered loss,
to pay an amount directly related to the amount of the loss



Self-Contained policy - ✔✔A single document that contains all the agreements between the
insured and the insurer and that forms a complete insurance policy.



Modular Policy - ✔✔An insurance policy that consists of several different documents, none of
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Property Insurance - ✔✔Any type of insurance that indemnifies an insured who suffers a
financial loss because property has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed



Liability Insurance - ✔✔Insurance that covers losses resulting from the insured's liability to
others.



Homeowners Policy - ✔✔Policy that covers most of the property and liability loss exposers that
arise out of residential property ownership and occupancy, as well as property and liability loss
exposures that individuals and families may have while they are away from their residencies.

,Personal Liability Coverage - ✔✔Coverage for damages, plus costs of any defense, related to a
claim or suit brought against the insured that resulted from bodily injury or property damage
caused by an occurrence covered under the policy.



Personal Auto Policy - ✔✔An insurance policy that coverts an individual or a family against loss
exposures arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of automobiles.



Comprehensive Coverage - ✔✔Coverage for direct and accidental loss or damage to a covered
auto by any peril except collision or overturn or a peril specifically excluded



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exposures arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of watercraft used principally for
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policies and may also provide coverage not available in the underlying policies, subject to a self-
insured retention.



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liability to another party. For auto policies, it protects insureds against liability arising out of the
ownership or operation of automobiles



Term Life Insurance - ✔✔Life insurance that provides coverage for a specified period, such as
ten or twenty years, with no cash value.

, Permanent Life Insurance - ✔✔Coverage Until Death




Long-term Care Insurance - ✔✔Insurance that pays for extended medical care or custodial care
received in a nursing home, hospital, or home.



Annuity - ✔✔A type of life insurance policy or contract that makes periodic payments to the
recipient for a fixed period or for life in exchange for a specified premium



Commercial Package Policy - ✔✔Policy that covers two or more lines of business by combining
ISO's commercial lines coverage parts.



Business Owners Policy - ✔✔A package policy that combines most of the property and liability
coverages needed by small and medium-sized businesses.



Commercial Auto Insurance - ✔✔Insurance that covers a business or a not-for-profit
organization loss exposures arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of automobiles.



Auto Physical Damage Coverage - ✔✔Coverage for damage to or theft of a covered auto that
can include both collision coverage and other than collision (comprehensive) coverage.



Commercial Property Insurance - ✔✔Insurance that covers commercial buildings and their
contents against various types of property loss.
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