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Respiratory Examination Flashcards

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What exposure is required for a respiratory examination?

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From the pubic symphisis upwards

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What position is required for a respiratory examination?

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Supine position with the upper body elevated 45 degrees + Sitting position

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What are the potential signs of respiratory distress on general inspection from the end of the bed (8)?

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  • Tachypnoea
  • Cough
  • Cyanosis
  • Use of accessory muscles
  • Audible wheeze
  • Nasal flaring
  • Sweating
  • Tripod
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How is the trachea assessed?

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  • The trachea should be located equidistant between the clavicular heads as it is a midline structure
  • Tracheal deviation arises due to unequal intrathoracic pressure
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What is the clinical significance tracheal deviation away from the side of a lesion (3)?

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  • Extensive pleural effusion
  • Tension pneumothorax
  • Chest expansion
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What is the clinical significance tracheal deviation towards the side of a lesion (3)?

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  • Upper lobe collapse
  • Upper lobe fibrosis
  • Pneumonectomy
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How is chest expansion assessed?

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  • Normal chest expansion should be 4-5 cm and symmetrical
  • Expansion should take off at the same time bilaterally
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What is the clinical significance of unilateral decrease in chest expansion (4)?

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  • Pneumothorax
  • Pleural effusion
  • Collapsed lung
  • Consolidation
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What is the clinical significance of symmetrical decrease in chest expansion (4)?

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  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Fibrosis
  • Rib Fracture
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How are the lungs percussed?

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What is the clinical significance of hyper-resonant percussion (4)?

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  • Pneumothorax
  • Hollow bowels
  • COPD
  • Acute Asthma
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What is the clinical significance of hypo-resonant percussion (5)?

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  • Bone
  • Tumour
  • Consolidation
  • Collapse
  • Normal liver
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What is the clinical significance of stoney dull percussion (2)?

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  • Pleural effusion
  • Haemothorax
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How are the lungs auscultated?

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What is the clinical significance of bronchial breath sounds (4)?

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  • Consolidation
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Collapsed lung
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What is the clinical significance of polyphonic sounds (4)?

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  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Heart failure
  • Bronchiectasis
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What is the clinical significance of monophonic sounds (2)?

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  • Carcinoma
  • Foreign body
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What is the clinical significance of wheeze sounds (1)?

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  • High pitched sound due to airway narrowing, loudest on expiration
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What is the clinical significance of stridor sounds (1)?

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  • High pitched sound due to upper airway obstruction
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What is the clinical significance of crackles sounds (1)?

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  • High pitched, discontinuous popping sounds from air being forced through a collapsed or fluid, pus or mucus filled airway
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What is the clinical significance of fine crackles sounds (1)?

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  • Velcro like sound during late inspiration originating from small airways. Caused by fluid or fibrosis.
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What is the clinical significance of coarse crackles sounds (1)?

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  • Heard in early inspiration originating from large airways
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How is tactile vocal fremitus performed?

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  • Palpable vibrations as a result of sound transmitting through lung tissue
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What is the clinical significance of increased tactile vocal fremitus (3)?

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  • Consolidation pneumonia
  • Tumour
  • Lobe collapse
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What is the clinical significance of decreased tactile vocal fremitus (3)?
* COPD * Pleural effusion * Pneumothorax
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Which lymph nodes are assessed in a respiratory examination (11)?
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How are lymph nodes assessed?
* Using the pads of the fingers in a circular motion palpate across all the cervical lymph node groups. Note: * Size * Mobility * Tenderness * Consistency
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What is the clinical significance of lymphadenopathy?
* Infection * Inflammation * Malignancy * Medication * Benign idiopathic
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How does COPD present (6)?
* Bilaterally decreased chest expansion * Hyper-resonant percussion * Polyphonic wheeze * Prolonged expiratory phase * Decreased tactile vocal fremitus * Hyperinflated chest
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How does pneumothorax present (5)?
* Decreased chest expansion ipsilaterally * Tracheal deviation away from lesion if tension pneumothorax * Hyper-resonant percussion over pneumothorax * Decreased intensity of breath sounds on affected side * Decreased tactile vocal fremitus on affected side
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How does lobar collapse present (5)?
* Tracheal deviation towards lesion * Decreased chest expansion ipsilaterally * Dullness percussion * Reduced breath sounds over affected area * Increased tactile vocal fremitus
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How does consolidation present (4)?
* Decreased chest expansion ipsilaterally * Dullness to percussion * Bronchial breath sounds over consolidation * Increased tactile vocal fremitus
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How does pleural effusion present (6)?
* Decreased chest expansion ipsilaterally * Tracheal deviation away from lesion if extensive effusion * Stoney dull percussion * Reduced intensity breath sounds * Bronchial breath sounds * Reduced tactile vocal fremitus
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How does fibrosis present (2)?
* Bilateral decrease in chest expansion * Fine end inspiratory crackles
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How does acute asthma present (4)?
* Bilateral decrease in chest expansion * Hyper-resonant percussion * Expiratory wheeze * Prolonged expiratory phase
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How are X-Rays in a Systematic Approach (ABCDE)?
* **Airway:** * Is the trachea central? * Carina * Trace the bronchi and hilar structures * **Breathing:** * Lung borders * Pleural borders - vasculature is not seen peripheral to this * **Cardiac:** * **​**The heart should be no more than half the width of chest cavity * Right border: right atrium * Left border: left Atrium and left ventricle * **Diaphragm:** * Shape * Assess costophrenic and cardiophrenic angles, note any blunting * **Everything else:** * Mediastinal contours, bones, soft tissues and devices

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