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bronchial - ANSWER Vesicular: low pitch/intensity with soft/short expirations over
healthy lung tissue
Bronchovesicular: moderate (medium) pitch/intensity, expiration equals inspiration, over
major bronchi
bronchial: high pitch/intensity with loud and long expirations, over trachea
Normal respiratory findings in an infant - ANSWER Acrocyanosis
Obligate nose breathers
Brief periods of apnea as long as 10-15 seconds
Frequent hiccupping
Paradoxical or irregular breathing pattern is normal
Crackles and rhonchi immediately after birth r/t fetal fluid
Mucus in upper airway
Infant chest circumference __-___ cm
usually __-__ cm smaller than ___ circumference
smaller chest circumference =
larger chest circumference = - ANSWER Healthy circumference 30-36 cm
2-3 cm smaller than head circumference
smaller = intrauterine growth retardation
larger = gestational diabetes
Normal respiratory rates
,Newborn
3 years
10 years
17 years - ANSWER Newborn: 30-80
3 y: 20-30
10 y: 16-20
17 y: 12-20
Children
begin using intercostal muscles at age:
typically have a round chest until age:
breath sounds are:
___ sounds may be predominant because they can be heard through the thinner chest
wall - ANSWER Intercostal- age 6 or 7
round chest till 2
sounds: more resonant, sometimes hyper-resonant, harsher, louder and more bronchial
bronchovesicular sounds predominant
Older adults may have decreased chest expansion r/t (4 things) - ANSWER
Respiratory muscle weakness
physical disability
sedentary lifestyle
calcification of rib articulations
Decreased chest expansion in older adults is often compensated for by:
S/S (4 things) - ANSWER Increased use of accessory muscles
, 1) marked bony prominences
2) kyphosis with flattening of lumbar curve
3) increased anteroposterior diameter
4) hyper-resonance common
Emphysema is characterized by - ANSWER Deep, rapid breathing with pursed lips
finger clubbing
barrel chest
Abnormal breathing rate/rhythms
dyspnea
orthopnea
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
platypnea
tachypnea
hyperpnea
Kussmaul - ANSWER Dyspnea: Increased respiratory effort
Orthopnea: difficulty breathing when supine
PND: sudden onset of dyspnea that abruptly awakens patient
Platypnea: SOB relieved by lying down
Tachypnea: faster than 20 bpm, shallow
Hyperpnea: faster than 20 bpm, deep
Kussmaul: fast, deep respiratory pattern
Abnormal peripheral findings indications
clubbed fingernails