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| adventitious breath sounds |
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Vesicular
Bronch-vesicular
Bronchial |
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soft-intensity, low-pitched "gentle sighing"
-air moving through smaller airways (bronchioles and alveoli)
-over peripheral lung, best heard at base of lungs
-best heard on inspiration |
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| Broncho-vesicular breath sounds |
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moderate intensity and moderate pitched "blowing" sounds created by air moving through the larger airway (bronchi)
-between the scapulae and lateral to the sternum at the first and second intercostal spaces
-equal inspiration and expiration |
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high pitched, loud, "harsh", sounds created by air moving through the trachea
-anteriorly over the trachea, not normally heard over lung tissue
-louder than vesicular sounds, have short inspiratory phase and long expiratory (1:2 ratio) |
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fine, short interrupted crackling sounds,(like a lock of hair being rolled near the ear)
-may not be cleared by coughing
-air passing through fluid or mucus in any air passage
-most common in bases of lower lung lobes |
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continuous, low-pitched, coarse, gurgling, harsh, louder sounds with a snoring quality
-best heard on expiration
-may be altered by cough
-air passing through narrowed air passages as a result of secretions, swelling, tumors
-predominantly over trachea and bronchi |
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superficial grating or creaking sounds heard during inspiration and expiration
-not relieved by coughing
-rubbing together of inflamed pleural surfaces
-heard most often in areas of greatest thoracic expansion (lower anterior and lateral chest) heard over all lung fields |
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continuous, high-pitched squeaky musical sounds
-best heard on expiration.
-not usually altered by coughing
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| high-pitched musical breath sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the larynx or lower in the bronchial tree |
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| the faintly perceptible vibration felt through the chest wall when the client speaks |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
Newborn |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
1 Year |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
5-8 years |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
10 years |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
Teen |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
Adult |
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Respirations Averages (and ranges) by age
Older Adult |
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| abnormally slow breathing |
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| overexpansion of the lungs characterized by rapid and deep breaths |
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| underexpansion of the lungs, characterized by shallow respirations |
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| rhythmic waxing and waning of respirations, from very deep to very shallow breathing and temporary apnea |
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| difficult and labored breathing during which the individual has a persistent, unsatisfied need for air and feels distressed |
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| ability to breathe onl in upright sitting or standing position |
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| indrawing between the ribs |
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| indrawing beneath the breastbone |
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| indrawing above the clavicles |
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| the presence of blood in the sputum |
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| a cough accompanied by expectorated secretions |
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| a dry, harsh cough without secretions |
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rate: 10-20 normal for adults
rhythm: regular or irregular
effort: labored or nonlabored or a specific difficulty
depth: shallow, moderate, or deep |
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Relax your neck and shoulder muscles.
Breathe in for two seconds through your nose, keeping your mouth closed.
Breathe out for four seconds through pursed lips. If this is too long for you, simply breathe out twice as long as you breathe in. |
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bluish tinge most evident in the nail beds, lips, and buccal mucosa.
In dark skinned clients close inspection of the palpebral conjunctiva (lining of eyelids) and palms and soles may show evidence |
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95-100%
below 70% life threatenin |
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