Term
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Definition
| pleural effusion, pneumothorax |
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Term
| absense of nail bed angle or schamroth space |
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Definition
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Term
| biot's respiration (irregularly irregular rhythm) |
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Definition
| damage to the medulla-CVA, trauma or tumor |
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Term
| bronchophony (loud breath sounds) |
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Definition
| pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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Term
| cheyne-stoke breathing (regularly irregular) |
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Definition
| CHF or raised intracranial pressure |
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Term
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Definition
| TB, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, lung cancer |
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Term
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Definition
| pneumonia, CHF and bronchiectasis |
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Term
| central cyanosis--blue lips, fingers, and toes |
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Definition
| sever respiratory distress, fallot's tetralogy |
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Term
| peripheral cyanosis-blue fingers and toes |
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Definition
| cold temperatures, raynaud's phenomenon |
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Term
| decreased tactile fremitus |
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Definition
| COPD, pleural effusion, asthma |
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Term
| egophony (E sounds like A) |
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Definition
| pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| gibbus (localized angular kyphosis) |
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Definition
| pott's disease of the spine--TB |
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Term
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Definition
| broncheictasis, lung abscess |
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Term
| hyper-resonant percussion |
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Definition
| pneumothorax, emphysema and asthma |
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Term
| increased tactle fremitus |
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Definition
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Term
| intercostal space bulging |
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Definition
| pleural effusion and empyema |
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Term
| intercostal space retraction |
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Definition
| severe asthma and upper airway obstruction |
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Term
| kussmaul's breathing (deep rapid breathing) |
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Definition
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|
Term
| musty (ammonia) breath (fetor hepaticus) |
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Definition
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Term
| pectus carinatum (pigeon sternum) |
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Definition
| rickets or congential abnormality |
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|
Term
| pectus excavatum (funnel chest) |
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Definition
| rickets or congenital abnormality |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| rachitic rosary (swollen costochondral joints) |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| klebsiella (friedlander's)pneumonia |
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Term
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Definition
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|
Term
| stony dull percussion note |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| MI, PE or dissecting thoracic aorta |
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|
Term
| tender swollen costochondral joint |
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Definition
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Term
|
Definition
| pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax, TB |
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|
Term
| tracheal tug (downward pull on the trachea) |
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Definition
| aneurysm of the arch of the aorta |
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|
Term
| wheeze (musical breath sound) |
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Definition
| asthma, bronchiectasis and COPD |
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|
Term
| whispered pectoriloguy (whispered 99-loud) |
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Definition
| pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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