Week 11: Respiratory Assessment Flashcards
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Definition: Adventitious breath sounds
Abnormal sounds heard in the lungs, distinct from normal breath sounds, and can indicate various underlying conditions (wheezes, crackles, rhonchi, stridor, and pleural rubs)
Definition: Apnea
A sleep disorder characterized by repetitive pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep
Definition: Bradypnea
An abnormally slow respiratory rate, typically defined as fewer than 12 breaths per minute in adults
Definition: Bronchial
Having to do with the bronchi
Definition: Bronchovesicular
A normal type of lung sound, having a medium pitch and intensity, that are heard over the major bronchi, between the scapulae, and below the clavicles
Definition: Crackles
Discontinuous, abnormal lung sounds, also known as rales, that sound like rattling, bubbling, or clicking, typically heard during inhalation, and can be fine or coarse
Definition: Cyanosis
The change of body tissue color to a bluish-purple hue
Definition: Dyspnea
Shortness of breath
Definition: Expiration
Exhalation of a breath
Definition: Friction rub
An audible, grating or creaking sound heard during auscultation, often associated with inflamed tissues rubbing together, such as in the lungs (pleural friction rub) or heart (pericardial friction rub)
Definition: Hyperventilation
Rapid or deep breathing, usually caused by anxiety or panic
Definition: Hypoventilation
Breathing is too slow or shallow, leading to a buildup of carbon dioxide and potentially low oxygen levels in the blood
Definition: Hypoxia
Low levels of oxygen in your body tissues
Definition: Inspiration
Inhalation of a breath
Definition: Normal breath sounds
Soft, low-pitched, and rustling, heard over most of the lung fields, with the inspiratory phase lasting longer than the expiratory phase
Definition: Tachypnea
An abnormally fast respiratory rate, typically defined as more than 20 breaths per minute in adults
Definition: Tracheal
Referring to the trachea
Definition: Vesicular
Something characterized by or consisting of vesicles, which are small, fluid-filled sacs or blisters
Definition: Wheezes
High-pitched, whistling sound during breathing, often indicating narrowed or obstructed airways, and can be a sign of various respiratory conditions like asthma, COPD, or infections
Where does the highest point of lung tissue lie?
What is it called?
Anterior chest - the apex, or highest point, of lung tissue is 3 or 4 cm above the inner third of the clavicles
Where is the lower border (base)? Where does it extend to with deep inspiration?
Posteriorly, the location of C7 marks the apex of lung tissue, and T10 usually corresponds to
the base, then to T12
Why is the right lobe shorter?
The liver is below it
Why is the left lobe narrower?
The heart bulges to the left
How many lobes in the left lung?
2
