NUR 2092 Exam 4

NUR 2092 Exam 4
1. Rhonchi
Answer
low-pitched, coarse, loud snoring sound.Usually caused by secretions in bronchial airway
2. Wheeze
Answer
continuous musical sound; heard in patients with asthma
3. Crackles
Answer
continuous popping. Patients with atelectasis or heart failure
4. Coarse crackles
Answer
faint crackling; pneumonia
5. Barrel chest
Answer
emphysema
6. pectus excavatum
Answer
sunken sternum
7. scoliosis
Answer
s-curve of spine, makes inhalation difficult
8. kyphosis
Answer
hunchback