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NBCE Part 2 Respiratory Exam
General Diagnosis
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Health Care
Professional
04/05/2013

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Term
Absent breath sounds
Definition
Pleural effusion, pneumothorax
Term
Absence of nail bed angle or Schamroth space
Definition
Clubbing
Term
Biot’s respiration [irregularly irregular rhythm]
Definition
Damage to the medulla-CVA, trauma or tumor
Term
Bronchophony [loud breath sounds]
Definition
Pneumonia, compression atelectasis
Term
Cheyne-Stoke breathing [regularly irregular]
Definition
CHF or raised intracranial pressure
Term
Clubbing of fingers
Definition
TB, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, lung cancer
Term
Crackles
Definition
Pneumonia, CHF and bronchiectasis
Term
Cyanosis-central [blue lips, fingers and toes]
Definition
Severe respiratory distress, Fallot’s tetralogy
Term
Cyanosis-peripheral [blue fingers and toes
Definition
Cold temperatures, Raynaud’s phenomenon
Term
Decreased tactile fremitus
Definition
COPD, pleural effusion, asthma
Term
Egophony [E sounds like A]
Definition
Pneumonia, compression atelectasis
Term
Flared nasal alae
Definition
Respiratory distress
Term
Gibbus [localized angular kyphosis]
Definition
Pott’s disease of the spine-tuberculosis
Term
Halitosis
Definition
Bronchiectasis, lung abscess
Term
Hyper-resonant percussion
Definition
Pneumothorax, emphysema and asthma
Term
Increased tactile fremitus
Definition
Pneumonia, tuberculosis
Term
Intercostal space bulging
Definition
Pleural effusion and empyema
Term
Intercostal space retraction
Definition
Severe asthma and upper airway obstruction
Term
Kussmaul’s breathing [deep rapid breathing]
Definition
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Term
Musty breath
Definition
Liver failure
Term
Pectus carinatum [sunken sternum]
Definition
Rickets or congenital abnormality
Term
Pectus excavatum [pigeon chest]
Definition
Rickets or congenital abnormality
Term
Pitted nails
Definition
Psoriasis
Term
Pleuritic friction rub
Definition
Pleurisy
Term
Precordial friction rub
Definition
Pericarditis
Term
Pursed-lip breathing
Definition
Emphysema
Term
Rachitic rosary [swollen costochondral joints]
Definition
Rickets
Term
Red currant jelly sputum
Definition
Klebsiella [Friedlander’s] pneumonia
Term
Rust colored sputum
Definition
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Term
Stony dull percussion note
Definition
Pleural effusion
Term
Sweating with chest pain
Definition
MI , PE or dissecting thoracic aorta
Term
Tender swollen costochondral joint
Definition
Tietze’s syndrome
Term
Tracheal shift
Definition
Pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax, TB
Term
Tracheal tug [downward pull on the trachea]
Definition
Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta
Term
Wheeze [musical breath sound]
Definition
Asthma, bronchiectasis and COPD
Term
Whispered pectoriloquy [whispered 99-loud]
Definition
Pneumonia, compression atelectasis
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