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| rapid, shallow breathing, pain |
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| rapid, deep, hyperventilation, anxiety, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia |
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| very slow but regular rate, drug overdose, diabetic, coma, head injury, <10 breaths per minute |
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| increasing/decreasing rates, includes periods of apnea, normal in infants and elderly during sleep |
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| equal diameter till 6 years, 1:2 ratio |
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| infant rating system at 1 and 5 minute, 7-10 indicates good condition, routine care |
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| outward curvature of the thoracic spine |
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| increased w. consolidation, decreased with air trapping |
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| over a lung w. increased amounts of air, COPD |
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| loud, harsh, expiratory > inspiratory |
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| loud, harsh, expiratory > inspiratory |
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| not as loud, expiration = inspiration. normal over main stem, middle of sternum and straight through to back. |
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| soft, breezy, inspiration > expiration, comprises most of lung fields |
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| Normal Infant Respiratory Rate |
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| fine, small beads of fluid at alveoli (bottom of lung) pneumonia, heart failure, CHF, inflammation, coughing won't change |
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| fluid or mucus in larger airways, further down, cough will change |
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| fluid or mucus in biggest airways, lung disease, bronchitis, smoker, hear in spots & location. cough will change |
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| asthma, allergic reaction, cystic fibrosis, narrowed airway, spasm, mucus, inflamed |
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| air trapped in subcutaneous tissue, crunches under fingertips, little or big, reabsorbs, goes away |
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| say E, normal hear E, abnormal changes to A or Ah |
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| say 1,2,3, normal soft or muffly, abnormal loud and distant |
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| whisper 1,2,3, normal dont hear anywhere, abnormal louder and distant |
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| not pathologic, short, popping, crackling sounds that sound like fine crackles but do not last beyond a few short breaths |
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| sunken sternum and adjacent cartilages |
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| forward protrusion of sternum, rubs sloping back at either side |
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| Chronic Obstructive Breathing |
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| normal inspiration and prolonged expiration to overcome resistance, chronic lung disease w. increased heart rate may lead to air trapping. |
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| Increased Tactile Fremitus |
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| increased density of lung tissues, pneumonia |
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| Decreased Tactile Fremitus |
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| obstructs transmission of vibrations (pleural effusion, thickening, pneumothorax, emphysema) |
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| vibration felt when inhaled air passes through thick secretions in larger bronchi |
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| Pleural Friction Fremitus |
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| inflammation of parietal or visceral pleura causes a decrease in normal fluid, grating sound when breathing, leather |
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| high pitched, monophonic, inspiratory crowing sound, swollen inflamed tissues or lodged foreign body, croup |
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| rapid rr, pain, tenderness in thorax, resonance where inflating, dull where fluid, crackles, wheezing, vocal fremitis |
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| manubriosternal angle, articulation of the manubrium and body of the sternum, continuous with 2nd rib |
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| chronic obstructive disease with enlargement of alveoli distal to terminal brochioles |
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| ability to breathe easy only in an upright position |
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| low pitched, musical, snoring, adventitious lung sound caused by airflow obstruction from secretions |
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| between lungs, middle third of thoracic chest, extends 2nd-5th intercostal spaces, right sternal border to L-MCL |
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| beats against chest wall, produces PMI (apical pulse) and 5th ICS |
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| mitral (left) tricuspid (right) closure is S1 |
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| aortic and pulmonic, closure is S2 |
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| ventricular filling, accounts for 2/3 of the cardiac cycle |
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| contraction, 1/3 of cycle |
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| areas of chest wall visibly pulsating |
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| LMCL, 5th ICS, S1>S2, PMI |
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| Aortic then pulmonic closure,normally inaudible, deep inspiration, intrathoracic pressure drops, increased venous return to R and delays pulmonic closure |
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| vibration of ventricles when filling, very early diastole, low pitched, listen w. bell |
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| resistant filling, occurs just before s1, low pitched w. bell |
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| apex is higher, located at 4th ICS, reaches adult position at 7. Delayed closure of ductus arteisosus is most common heart defect. |
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| right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension |
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| uncomfortable awareness of rapid or irregular heart rate |
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| Mammary glands composed of... |
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| glandular, fibrous, subcuteaneous, retromamarry fat |
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| concentric circles, spokes of a wheel, or vertical strip |
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| if mass found, describe by... |
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| location, size, shape, consistency, tenderness, mobility, delineation, retraction |
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| baseline 35-39, 1-2 yrs 40-49, every year after 49 |
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| unilateral and temporary breast enlargement |
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| clear nipple discharge from medications |
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| edema in areola, orange peel look |
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| menarche- onset, cycle-duration, dysmenorrhea-pain, PMS-symptoms |
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| red, round, superficial ulcer w. yellowish serious discharge that is a sign of syphillis |
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| sudden twisting of spermatic cord, surgical emergency |
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| abdominal cramping and pain ass. w. period |
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| determining the patency of the radial and ulnar arteries by compressing one artery site and observing return of skin color as evidence of patency of other artery |
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| calf pain that occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed (pushed up, towards knee); may occur with DVT, phlebitis, Achilles tendinitis or muscle injury |
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| irregular rhythm, every other beat is premature, weakened amplitude |
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| beats have weaker amplitude with respiratory inspiration, stronger with expiration |
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