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N172 - Respiratory Questions And Answers
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Fine Crackles Sounds ANS✔✔ (rolling hair between fingers)
heard before end of INSPIRATION
series of sounds
SHORT DURATION
DISCONTINUOUS
HIGH-PITCHED
Fine Crackles
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
early Pulmonary Edema (interstitial edema)
Pneumonia (alveolar filling)
Atelactasis (loss of lung volume)
early Heart Failure
Coarse Crackles Sounds ANS✔✔ (blowing through straw under water)
heard in INSPIRATION, sometimes EXPIRATION
series of sounds
LONG DURATION
DISCONTINUOUS
LOW-PITCHED
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Coarse Crackles
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ Heart Failure
Pulmonary Edema
Pneumonia w/ severe congestion
COPD
Rhonchi Sounds ANS✔✔ (snoring)
heard mostly during EXPIRATION
CONTINUOUS
RUMBLING
RATTLING
Rhonchi
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ COPD
Cystic Fibrosis
Pneumonia
Bronchiectasis
Wheezes Sounds ANS✔✔ (musical sound)
heard first on EXPIRATION, possibly evident on INSPIRATION
CONTINUOUS
SQUEAKING
HIGH-PITCHED
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Wheezes
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ Asthma (bronchospasm)
Airway Obstruction (tumor, foreign body)
COPD
Stridor Sounds ANS✔✔ CONTINUOUS (constant pitch)
CROWING
MUSICAL
partial obstruction of larynx/trachea
Stridor
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ Croup
Epiglotitis
Vocal Cord Edema (after extubation)
Foreign Body
Absent Breath Sounds ANS✔✔ no sound evident over entire lung or lung
area
Absent Breath
Abnormal Findings ANS✔✔ Pleural Effusion
Bronchi Obstruction (mainstream)
Atelactasis (large)
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