Just Breathe (But It's Hard!)
This chronic condition causes airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction, often triggered by allergens or exercise.
What is asthma?
This lung sound, associated with fluid in the lungs, is often heard with pneumonia.
What are crackles?
Sharp chest pain that worsens with breathing is a key sign of this complication of Pneumonia?
What is pleurisy?
This condition is caused by air in the pleural space leading to lung collapse.
What is a pneumothorax?
This condition is characterized by sudden and severe hypoxemia despite oxygen therapy.
What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom (ARDS)?
A chronic cough with copius amounts of purulent sputum are classic signs of this condition.
What is bronchiectasis?
This tell-tale clinical manifestation of TB is usually not seen in pneumonia.
What is hemoptysis?
This condition that causes decreased bronchophony, egophony, and whispered pectoriloquy is a potential complication of pleurisy.
What is a pleural effusion?
This injury commonly results from a steering wheel impact during a car crash and often causes anterior chest pain and deformities.
What is a sternal fracture?
This is one of the hallmark signs of ARDS on a chest x-ray.
What is bilateral infiltrates?
These three medications are key to treating an asthma or COPD exacerbation. (Name in order given)
What are albuterol, ipratropium, and methylprednisolone?
Post-surgical immobility, a mucus plug, and hypoventilation are all potential causes of this disorder.
What is atelectasis?
Foul-smelling sputum is a common sign of this complication of pneumonia.
What is a pulmonary abscess?
A chest tube will be inserted for this trauma-related condition when blood fills the pleural space.
What is a hemothorax?
This patient position is sometimes used in severe ARDS to improve oxygenation.
What is prone positioning?
This breathing technique is often taught to patients with COPD to prolong exhalation and reduce air trapping.
What is pursed-lip breathing?
The nurse auscultates crackles in a patient with pneumonia. The nurse also expects these four follow-up assessments to be present.
What are bronchophony, egophony, whispered pectoriloquy, and increased tactile fremitus?
This condition that causes decreased tactile fremitus is a potential complication of pneumonia and pulmonary abscess.
What is empyema?
This blunt trauma injury causes a rib segment to move paradoxically during breathing (pulls inward during inhalation and bulges out during exhalation).
What is flail chest?
Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) is defined by these three clinical criteria.
•PaO2 < 60 mmHg (hypoxemia)
•PaCO2 > 50 mmHg (hypercapnia)
•PH < 7.35 (acidosis)
Pulmonary function tests show this characteristic with asthma that is not demonstrated with COPD.
What is reversibility?
A patient with TB is initially treated with these four medications.
What are Rifampin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol?
This procedure may be used to both diagnose and treat a pleural effusion.
What is a thoracentesis?
This is a tell-tale sign of a tension pneumothorax and requires immediate intervention.
What is a tracheal deviation?
Ventilatory settings in ARDS often include this strategy to keep alveoli open.
What is PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure)?