Exam 13: Chest and Lungs

When the umbilical cord is cut:

Bradypnea may accompany:

Your trauma patient has no auscultated breath sounds in the right lung field. You can hear adequate sounds on the left side. A likely cause of this abnormality could be that the patient:

Breath sounds normally auscultated over most of the lung fields are called:

To count the ribs and the intercostal spaces, you begin by palpating the reference point of the:

The best time to observe and count respirations is while:

With consolidation in the lung tissue, the breath sounds are louder and easier to hear, whereas healthy lung tissue produces softer sounds. This is because:

The term rales has been replaced with:

To accommodate the enlarging uterus of pregnancy, chest changes result in:

The patient tells you that she uses herbal and other alternative therapies to maintain her health. This information is recorded in the:

To distinguish between a respiratory friction rub and cardiac friction rub, ask the patient to:

In which patient situation would you expect to assess tachypnea?

During a chest assessment, you note the patient's voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, the voice has a nasal quality, and the e's sound like a's. This is indicative of:

Breath odors may alert the examiner to certain underlying metabolic conditions. The odor of ammonia on the breath may signify:

In which position can the mediastinal crunch (Hamman sign) best be heard?

Which symptom is the most significant indicator of asthma and should be identified in the health history?

While auscultating the lung fields, you note that the patient's voice sound is intensified, the voice has a nasal quality, and e's sound like a's. This describes:

During the most effective percussion technique for the posterior lung fields, the patient cooperates by:

Dullness to percussion in intercostal spaces suggests the presence of:

Ms. Rudman, age 74 years, has no known health problems or diseases. You are doing a preventive health care history and examination. Which symptom is associated with intrathoracic infection?