NBRC style patient assessment: breath sounds, chest radiograph interpretation, lab values, hemodynamic data, sputum analysis and when to recommend further testing.
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38 basic cards for NBRC CRT/RRT Respiratory Therapy. It opens with "Fine, discontinuous popping breath sounds heard during inspiration" and "Continuous, high-pitched musical breath sounds caused by airway narrowing". More Healthcare and Nursing decks are listed below.
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- Fine, discontinuous popping breath sounds heard during inspiration
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Crackles (rales)- Continuous, high-pitched musical breath sounds caused by airway narrowing
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Wheezes- Low-pitched, continuous snoring breath sounds caused by secretions in larger airways
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Rhonchi- Harsh, high-pitched breath sound heard mainly on inspiration, indicating upper airway obstruction
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Stridor- Grating or creaking breath sound caused by inflamed pleural surfaces rubbing together
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Pleural friction rub- Breath sounds are absent on one side of the chest with a hyperresonant percussion note. What does this suggest?
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Pneumothorax on that side- Hearing bronchial (tubular) breath sounds over a peripheral lung field instead of normal vesicular sounds suggests what?
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Lung consolidation (such as pneumonia)- A patient's spoken 'E' sound is heard through the stethoscope as a nasal-sounding 'A'. What is this finding called, and what does it indicate?
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Egophony; indicates lung consolidation- Loss of the normal border between two adjacent structures of similar density on a chest radiograph is called what sign?
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Silhouette sign- Visible air-filled bronchi outlined by surrounding consolidated lung tissue on a chest radiograph is called what sign?
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Air bronchogram sign- Short horizontal lines seen at the lung periphery on a chest radiograph, representing interstitial edema, are called what?
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Kerley B lines- A chest radiograph showing flattened diaphragms and an increased retrosternal air space most suggests what condition?
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Hyperinflation from air trapping (such as COPD)- On a chest radiograph, the trachea is deviated toward the side of lung opacity. What process does this suggest?
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Atelectasis (lung collapse) on that side- On a chest radiograph, the trachea is deviated away from a large area of opacity with a hyperlucent hemithorax. What emergency does this suggest?
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Tension pneumothorax- Blunting of the costophrenic angle on an upright chest radiograph is the classic sign of what?
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Pleural effusion
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