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NPTE Quick Study_ Breath Sounds
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NPTE Quick Study: Breath SoundsAdventitious Sounds - ANS-Extra
Abnormal
Ataxic Breathing - ANS-Unpredictable irregulatrity
Shallow or deep and stop for short periods
Ataxic Breathing Side Causes - ANS-Depression
Brain Damage (medullary level)
Bronchial - ANS-More hallow, echoing sound throughout all of inspiration and most of
expiration
Bronchial location - ANS-Right superior anterior thorax
Bronchophony - ANS-Intense, clear sound even at lung bases
Bronchophony Tramission - ANS-99
Bronchovesciular - ANS-Intermediate breath sound between bronchial and vesicular
with equal periods of inspiration and expiration
Cheyne Stokes Breathing - ANS-Gradual increase in depth of respirations followed by
gradual decrease and a period of apnea
(Think last breaths)
Crackles (Rales) - ANS-Crackling sound heard usually during inspiration
Rattling, bubbling sounds
Crackles: Causes - ANS-Atelectasis
Fibrosis
Pulmonary Edema
Decreased Breath Sound - ANS-Very distant sound not normally heard over healthy
thorax
Only some inspiration heard
Decreased Breath Sound causes - ANS-Obstructive lung diseases
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