A high-pitched crowing noise, usually indicates upper airway obstruction.
What is Stridor?
A soft sound produced as the rough membranes move against each other. Example: Pleural Effusion
What is Friction Rub?
Passage of food, fluid, emesis, other foreign material into trachea and lungs will cause this.
Complications are cardiac or respiratory distress.
What is aspiration pneumonia?
Orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and hemoptysis (pink frothy sputum) are clinical manifestations of this disorder.
What is left sided heart failure?
Occupational diseases caused by asbestos. Another example is coal miner with black lungs.
What is Pneumoconioses?
A whistling sounds indicate obstruction in the small airways. Ex. asthma
What is Wheezing?
Dyspnea that occurs when a person is lying down
What is Orthopnea?
A sudden acute type of dyspnea common in patients with left-sided congestive heart failure. During sleep the body fluid is redistributed, leading to pulmonary edema, and the individual wakes up gasping for air and coughing
What is Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
Jugular Vein distention, ascites and peripheral edema are associated with this disorder?
What is right sided heart failure?
What is ARDS?
In this viral infection child experiences barking cough, stridor and restlessness
What is Laryngotracheobronchitis?
Respiratory infection often seen in vulnerable population. S/S are weight loss, afternoon low-grade fever and night sweats.
What is Tuberculosis?
Three changes occur in this disorder
•1. Inflammation of the mucosa with edema
•2. Contraction of smooth muscle (bronchoconstriction)
•3. Increased secretion of thick mucus in the passages
What is Asthma?
Sudden sharp chest pain, restlessness and dyspnea occur with disorder?
What is Pulmonary embolism?
Hyperventilation will cause this.......?
What is respiratory alkalosis?
Hoarseness, facial or arm edema, headache, dysphagia, or atelectasis are clinical manifestations of which disorder?
What is lung cancer?
Acute infection can be viral, bacterial, fungal or nosocomial.
Productive cough with yellow or green sputum, dyspnea , confusion and restlessness.
What is Pneumonia?
Client leans forward, places hands on knees when breathing difficulties occur. This provides a position that. optimizes respiratory mechanics.
What is tripod position?
Diminished breath sounds, tracheal deviation to unaffected side indicates presence of which disorder?
One of the causes is rupture of blebs in clients with emphysema
Pnemunothorax?
In this breathing patterns periods of rapid shallow breathing are followed by apnea?
What are Cheyne Stokes respirations?
This is the result of pharyngeal tissue collapse during sleep
What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Loss of alveolar wall elasticity, hyperinflation and barrel chest are clinical manifestation of which respiratory disorder?
What is Emphysema?
Thick tenacious mucous is associated with these 2 disorders?
What are
!. Asthma
1. Cystic Fibrosis
•Ribs are broken causing severe chest pain; chest wall rigidity is lost, resulting in paradoxical (opposite) movement during inspiration and expiration
What is Flail Chest?
NR 283 students are __________?
Awesome brave & resilient