Normal Breath Sounds
What are the three normal types of breath sounds?
Vesicular, Bronchovesicular, Bronchial
These are two continuous adventitious breath sounds...
Wheezes and Stridor
This category of lung disease presents with decreased breath sounds...
Restrictive
What is the name of the evaluation technique used if you ask your patient to say "E"?
Egophony
Which of the normal breath sounds has a break between inhalation and exhalation?
Bronchial
Crackles and plural rub fall under what category of adventitious breath sounds?
Discontinuous
Symptoms of this disease include wheezing and shortness of breath...
Asthma
What is whisper pectoriloquy?
Ask your patient to whisper 3 words, and these whispered words are clearly and distinctly heard through the stethoscope
This breath sound can be heard at the junction of the main stem bronchi and segmental bronchi...
Bronchovesicular
Wheezes are most frequently heard during expiration or inspiration?
Expiration
Pneumothorax
During evaluation of transmission of sound, the presence of scrounger louder sounds indicates what type of pathology?
Consolidative
This breath sound is best heard during inspiration and the first 1/3 of expiration...
Vesicular
This adventitious breath sound is commonly heard with pneumonia, pulmonary edema, and pulmonary fibrosis...
Crackles
Name 3 types of restrictive lung diseases...
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis, Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion, Atelectasis, Pulmonary Edema, Pneumothorax
T/F: It is normal for bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds to be found in peripheral lung tissue
False, found only in mainstem of tracheobronchial tree
This breath sound is auscultated over the trachea and manubrium...
Bronchial
This is a monophonic continuous adventitious sound heard over upper airways...
Stridor
Name 3 types of obstructive diseases...
Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Asthma
T/F: Evaluation of breath sounds follows a systematic order
True