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EGAN'S CHAPTER 16 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
Musical inspiratory and expiratory sound associated with asthma
✓ -:- wheezes
difficulty breathing when lying supine
✓ -:- orthopnea
shape of thorax associated with emphysema
✓ -:- barrel chest
chest pain typical of acute coronary syndromes
✓ -:- angina
physical wasting associated with chronic lung disease
✓ -:- cachexia
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blood pressure that is too low
✓ -:- shock
the sitting position that emphysema patients use when they are in trouble
✓ -:- tripoding
drop in blood pressure on inhalation associated with asthma and hyperinflation
✓ -:- pulsus paradoxus
inspiratory sound associated with atelectasis, pneumonia, and fibrosis
✓ -:- crackles
upper airway sound that may indicate life-threatening obstruction
✓ -:- stridor
soft tissue sucking in around ribs and neck when a patient has severe distress
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✓ -:- retractions
dizziness associated with drop in blood pressure
✓ -:- syncope
a rapid heart rate that may include a low blood oxygen level
✓ -:- tachycardia
presence of a fever
✓ -:- febrile
difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure
✓ -:- pulse pressure
a slow heart rate that may result in poor perfusion of tissues
✓ -:- bradycardia
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bluish discoloration of skin often associated with hypoxemia
✓ -:- cyanosis
heart rate auscultated in chest is different than pulse rate felt in arm
✓ -:- pulse deficit
difficulty breathing
✓ -:- dyspnea
sensation of suffocation
✓ -:- breathlessness
What information would you gather before entering the patient's room?
✓ -:- read the patient's medical record to determine history of present
illness, chief complaint, past medical history, family/environmental history
and systems review
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EGAN'S CHAPTER 16 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
Musical inspiratory and expiratory sound associated with asthma
✓ -:- wheezes
difficulty breathing when lying supine
✓ -:- orthopnea
shape of thorax associated with emphysema
✓ -:- barrel chest
chest pain typical of acute coronary syndromes
✓ -:- angina
physical wasting associated with chronic lung disease
✓ -:- cachexia
1|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
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blood pressure that is too low
✓ -:- shock
the sitting position that emphysema patients use when they are in trouble
✓ -:- tripoding
drop in blood pressure on inhalation associated with asthma and hyperinflation
✓ -:- pulsus paradoxus
inspiratory sound associated with atelectasis, pneumonia, and fibrosis
✓ -:- crackles
upper airway sound that may indicate life-threatening obstruction
✓ -:- stridor
soft tissue sucking in around ribs and neck when a patient has severe distress
2|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
,2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
✓ -:- retractions
dizziness associated with drop in blood pressure
✓ -:- syncope
a rapid heart rate that may include a low blood oxygen level
✓ -:- tachycardia
presence of a fever
✓ -:- febrile
difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure
✓ -:- pulse pressure
a slow heart rate that may result in poor perfusion of tissues
✓ -:- bradycardia
3|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
, 2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel!
bluish discoloration of skin often associated with hypoxemia
✓ -:- cyanosis
heart rate auscultated in chest is different than pulse rate felt in arm
✓ -:- pulse deficit
difficulty breathing
✓ -:- dyspnea
sensation of suffocation
✓ -:- breathlessness
What information would you gather before entering the patient's room?
✓ -:- read the patient's medical record to determine history of present
illness, chief complaint, past medical history, family/environmental history
and systems review
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