Respirology

Question 1

4 types of Breath sounds

Answer 1

Normal: Tracheal, Bronchial, Bonchovesicular, vesicular.
*Pitch, loudness influenced by fluid/pus/atelectasis/air trapping

Adventitious ( not normal): Continuous (crackles) or Discontinuous (Wheezing/Ronchi).

Question 2

TB

Answer 2

Night sweats, cough, weight loss, hempoptysis

Question 3

Cor pulmonale

Answer 3

Right heart failure secondary to lung disease

Question 4

Polycythemia

Answer 4

Excess RBC to compensate for lack of O2

Question 5

Central neurogenic hyperventilation

Answer 5

Tachypnea, Hyperpnea, Alkalosis (ICP,DBI)

Question 6

5 signs of work of breathing

Answer 6

soft tissue retraction, Chest-wall retraction, Dramatic retraction, Nasal flaring, tracheal tugging