Kehr's sign
Ans- Referred pain down the left shoulder; indicative of a ruptured spleen.
Homan's sign
Ans- pain in *calf upon dorsiflexion* of foot and may indicate DVT
Cullen's sign
Ans- superficial edema and bruising in the subcutaneous fatty tissue around
the umbilicus caused by pancreatit...
Ans- Bruising behind the ears, indicative of a basilar skull fracture
coarse crackles (rales)
Ans- Low pitched, bubbling, moist sounds that may persist from early
inspiration to early expiration.
May indicate PNEUMONIA
fine crackles (fine rales)
Ans- high pitched, (rubbing hair by ear, fire); alveoli "popping open" as air hits
previously closed alveoli upon inspiration; Upon expiration, alveoli closing; think
pulmonary edema, fibrosis
Rhonchi
, Ans- loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation of bronchi obstructed by
thick sputum - COPD, CF, pneumonia
Stridor
Ans- strained, high-pitched sound heard on inspiration caused by obstruction in
the pharynx or larynx, also caused by croup
Bronchiolitis
Ans- Inflammation of the bronchioles that usually occurs in children younger
than 2 years and is often caused by the respiratory syncytial virus.
Preload
Ans- volume of blood in ventricles at end of diastole
Afterload
Ans- the amount of resistance to ejection of blood from the ventricle
cardiac contractility
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