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| best for lung and upper body part examination |
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| face up, palms down; best for pulse |
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| Dorsal Recumbent Position |
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| face up, arms above head, knees bent with feet flat; best for abdominal assessment |
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| on one side, with top knee flexed and top shoulder pulled over; best for examining rectal area |
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| face down, with head to the side and arms under head; best for assessment of hips, skin, buttocks |
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| Lateral Recumbent Position |
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| on side (specify left or right); best for detecting murmurs |
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Depth of Pitting:
1+ = 2-mm depth pitting
2+ = 4-mm depth pitting
3+ = 6-mm depth
4+ = 8-mm depth |
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| Signs of Skin Cancer (ABCD) |
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Definition
A= Asymmetry; uneven shape
B = Irregular Borders; edges are blurred, notched, ragged
C = Color; blue, black, brown variegated and areas of pink, white, gray, blue or red
D = Diameter; greater than size of pencil eraser |
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Definition
Vesicular: soft, low-pitched; best heard over lung periphery; smaller airways
Bronchovesicular: medium blowing sounds; best heard posteriorly between scapulae and anteriorly over bronchioles lateral to sternum at 1st and 2nd intercostals; large airways
Bronchial: loud and high-pitched; heard only over trachea; air moving through trachea |
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Term
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Definition
Vesicular: soft, low-pitched; best heard over lung periphery; smaller airways
Bronchovesicular: medium blowing sounds; best heard posteriorly between scapulae and anteriorly over bronchioles lateral to sternum at 1st and 2nd intercostals; large airways
Bronchial: loud and high-pitched; heard only over trachea; air moving through trachea |
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Definition
| adventitious breath sounds; fine crackles are high-pitched, short, interrupted; disruptive passage of air through small airways |
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Definition
| loud, low-pitched, coarse rumbling sounds; muscular spasm, fluid, or mucus in larger airways; turbulence |
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| high-pitched, continuous, musical sounds; high-velocity airflow through severely narrowed or obstructed airway |
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| adventitious breath sound; dry, rubbing, grating quality; inflamed pleura, parietal pleura rubbing against visceral pleura |
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| Cardiac Assessment Anatomical Sites |
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Aortic valve: right sternal border, 2nd intercostal space
Pulmonic Valve: left sternal border, 2nd or 3rd intercostal space
Tricuspid valve: left sternal border, 4th intercostal space
Mitral valve: left sternal border, 5th intercostal space |
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Definition
0 = no response
1+ = sluggish or diminished
2+ = active or expected response
3+ = more brisk than expected, slightly hyperactive
4+ = brisk and hyperactive |
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| Glasgow Coma Scale Normal core |
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| Muscle Strength, Normal Scale |
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Definition
On grade scale: 5
on % normal: 100
Lovett Scale: N (normal) |
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