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What is s sign and symptom of an open chest wound?
Difficulty breathing, jugular vein distention, tracheal deviation, and decreased breath sounds.
What breath sounds will you hear when you have tuberculosis?
no breath sounds
What causes diminished breath sounds in emphysema?
The person's lungs are not moving air well in emphysema. Also irritants cause increased production of phlegm, which can reduce air movement, hence, diminished breath sounds.
What are the signs and symptoms of atelectasis?
The two main symptoms of atelectasis would be shortness of breath (dyspnea) and decreased chest wall expansion.Other characteristics include diminished breath sounds and fever.shortness of breath and decreased chest wall expansion. If atelectasis only afects a small area of the lung, symptoms are ususally minimal. If the condition affects a large area of the lung and develops quickly, the individual may turn blue
What are bacterial pneumonia symptoms and signs?
Cough, fever, sputum production, difficulty breathing, chest pain.Findings may include abnormal breath sounds, hypoxia, tachypnea, tachycardia, fever, hypotension (if in severe sepsis), and an infiltrate on xray.Shortness of breath, fever, cough with sputum production, and decreased energy.
How are abnormal breath sounds detected?
A doctor can tell if a person has abnormal breath sounds by listening with a stethoscope. This is often seen in people with COPD or asthma.
What agent causes no gag reflex and decreased eye movement and nausea and vomiting?
Botulism causes no gag reflex and decreased eye movement and nausea and vomiting.
An abnormal sounds produced in the lungs as air moves through fluids of the bronchiole tree?
Air is normally able to pass through the bronchial tree normally is the bronchial tree is open via laminar flow. Breath sounds are heard during auscultation of the chest, using a stethoscope. Normal breath sounds are termed as vesicular breath sounds. However, in conditions such as a pleural effusion where there is air within the pleural cavity, the flow of air becomes disturbed. Therefore, there will be absent breath sounds and if the effusion is large, bronchial breath sounds will be heard which are both abnormal.
What causes decreased preload?
Preload is caused by decreased blood volume in ventricles. Therefore, decreased preload directly caused by bleeding, polyuria, dehydration.
What is the effect of respiration on the heart sounds?
during inspiration, intrathoracic pressure is decreased.
What does abbreviation CTA mean for breath sounds?
Clear to Ausculation.
Why do you see your breath in the cold?
The cold causes the moisture in your breath to condense, making it visible.
