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signs and symptoms of the respiratory tract
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Medical
Graduate
05/30/2009

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Term
cough
Definition
duration, morning or night,productive or non productive, bovine?
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sputum
Definition
colour, volume, blood, black, green or yellow
Term
haemoptysis
Definition
streaking->massive blood in sputum. Infections TB, COPD, pulmonary infarction, cancer
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Wheeze
Definition
high pitch whislteling sound caused by air way narrowing. inspiratory (upper) or expiratory (lower)
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chest pain
Definition
pleuritic, sharp, localised, and worse with breathing or coughing
Term
General inspecton of respiratory disease
Definition
Dyspnoea, mental alertness, cyanosis, hyperinflation, accessory muscle use, asterixis, prominent neck veins
Term
Clubbing
Definition
Abscess, Bronchiectasis, Cystic fibrosis/Cancer, suppurative lung disease, Empymea, pulmonary fibrosis
Term
Tracheal displacement
Definition
atelectasis, pneumothrorax, tension pneumothorax.
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vesicular breath sound
Definition
longer inspiration c.f expiration, no pause between two sound
Term
bronchial breath sound
Definition
equal inspiration and expiratoin, gap between the two
Term
chest expansion
Definition
decreased unilteraly in pneumonia and collapsed lungs, bilaterally in COPD restrictive lung disease
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Tactile fremitis
Definition
normal sound felt clearly over lung, decreased in consolidation, lost all together with pleural fluid
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lung percussion
Definition
normal resonant, hyperresonant in pneumothorax, dull - pneumonia, collapse of airway, stony dull - pleural effusion
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crackles
Definition
opening of airways previously collapsed. Early inspiratory - diffuse airflow limitation, late inspiratory - pulmonary oedema, fibrosis, bronchiectasis
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vocal resonance
Definition
normal - low pitch booming. consolidation - higher pitch bleatin quality, whispered words are clear
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