FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HEALTHASSESSPULM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HEALTHASSESSPULM

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-Guarantee passing score -115 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: During assessment of vocal resonance, you note that sound is intensified, that there is a nasal quality to the voice, and that e's sound like a's. This is indicative of:

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lung consolidation.Question 2: Older adults are more susceptible to respiratory infections as a result of which of the following?

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Drier mucous membranes Question 3: Breath sounds in young children that are loud, harsh, and bronchovesicular are

associated with:

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normal, thin chest wall structures.Question 4: To begin counting the ribs and the intercostal spaces, you begin by palpating the

reference point of the:

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manubriosternal junction.

Question 5: A "rubbing" that can be felt and heard is most closely associated with:

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pleurisy Question 6: Percussion of the back should be done with the patient's arms folded in front in

order to:

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expose maximum lung area.Question 7: Which chest structure contains all the thoracic viscera except the lungs?

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Mediastinum

Question 8: Which structure transports air and removes noxious materials?

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Bronchi Question 9: What structure can be displaced by atelectasis, pleural effusion, or thyroid enlargement?

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Trachea Question 10: Dullness to percussion in intercostal spaces suggests the presence of:

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pneumonia.Question 11: A newborn infant with a small chest-to-head size ratio is usually associated with:

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intrauterine growth retardation.Question 12: The foramen ovale should close by:

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within minutes of birth.

Question 13: The right and left scapular lines are located:

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parallel to the vertebral line.Question 14: The patient tells the examiner, "I have been coughing up a lot of yellowish-green

phlegm." The examiner should suspect:

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bacterial pneumonia.Question 15: Changes in clarity and volume of spoken sounds during auscultation of the lungs

can help you distinguish:

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consolidation from obstruction.Question 16: Increased oxygen tension in the arterial blood of a newborn infant causes:

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closure of the ductus arteriosus.Question 17: A mother tells the examiner that her 2-year-old child has a cough that "sounds just like a bark." Given this history, what other findings should the examiner anticipate with respiratory examination?

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Labored breathing and inspiratory stridor

Question 18: Which type of apnea is considered normal?

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Deglutition apnea Question 19: The pregnant woman is expected to develop:

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deep breathing but not more frequent breathing.Question 20: When sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and e's sound like

a's, this is called:

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egophony.

Question 21: The AP:lateral diameter of the chest in infants is approximately:

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1:1

Question 22: Which finding is considered unusual for a newborn?

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Coughing Question 23: Stridor is usually the result of:

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an obstruction high in the respiratory tree.Question 24: The examiner percusses for diaphragmatic excursion along the:

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scapular line.Question 25: a pt is c/o pain near the spine. While palpating the spinous process at T7, and medially to the inferior border of the right scapula, the patient feels more intense pain. When viewing the cxray, you will carefully look at which rib?

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Right eighth rib Question 26: Both pleural effusion and lobar pneumonia are characterized by:

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dullness heard on percussion.Question 27: In the older adult, which finding can occur in the absence of disease as a result of age-related changes of the chest or lungs?

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Hyperresonance Question 28: The number of each intercostal space corresponds to that of:

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the rib immediately above it.