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FIVE OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASES | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC FIBROSIS, EMPHYSEMA, BRONCHIECTASIS, ASTHMA |
TREE IN WINTER PATTERN | BRONCHIECTASIS |
AIR BRONCHOGRAM | PNEUMONIA |
STEEPLE SIGN | CROUP |
WEDGE-SHAPED INFILTRATES | PULMONARY EMBOLUS |
HONEYCOMB PATTERN | ARDS, IRDS |
CONCAVE SUPERIOR INTERFACE BORDER | PLEURAL EFFUSION |
DIGITAL CLUBBING | COPD |
GROUND GLASS APPEARANCE | ARDS OR IRDS |
SUDDEN ONSET OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH | PULMONARY EMBOLUS |
SUDDEN ONSET OF TACHYPNEA | PNEUMOTHORAX |
PINK FROTHY SPUTUM | PULMONARY EDEMA |
RHONCHI (COURSE RALES) | MUCUS IN LARGE AIRWAYS |
RETICULOGRANULAR PATTERN ON X-RAY | ARDS, IRDS |
PITTING EDEMA | CHF |
INCREASED A-P DIAMETER | COPD (CHRONIC AIR TRAPPING) |
3-LAYER SPUTUM | BRONCHIECTASIS |
WEAKNESS IN LEGS (LOWER EXTREMITIES) | GULLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME |
PURULENT SPUTUM | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS |
CONSOLIDATION CHEST X-RAY | HEAVY COLLECTION OF INFILITRATES |
BASILAR INFILTRATES WITH MENISCUS | PLEURAL EFFUSION |
OPAQUE | FLUID FILLED LUNGS |
DIFFUSE | SCATTERED THROUGHOUT (ATELECTASIS OR PNEUMONIA) |
DULL TO PERCUSSION | FLUID FILLED (PNEUMONIA OR PLEURAL EFFUSION) |
FLAT TO PERCUSSION | ATELECTASIS |
PULSES PARADOXUS | SEVERE AIR TRAPPING |
THUMB SIGN | ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS |
HYPERLUCENCY | EXCESS PULMONARY AIR (COPD, ASTHMA, PNEUMOTHORAX |
FLUFFY INFILTRATES | PULMONARY EDEMA |
PLATE-LIKE INFILTRATES | ATELECTASIS |
VASCULAR MARKINGS | INCREASED WITH CHF, ABSENT WITH PNEUMONIA |
NIGHT SWEATS | TUBERCULOSIS |
ASHEN OR PALLOR | ANEMIA OR ACUTE BLOOD LOSS |
TACHYCARDIA | HYPOXEMIA |
STUPOROUS CONFUSED | DRUG OVERDOSE |
DROOPING EYELIDS, DOUBLE VISION, DYSPHAGIA | MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
GENERAL MALAISE | ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
ORTHOPNEA | CHF |
ANGRY, IRRITABLE COMBATIVE | ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
PLEURAL FRICTION RUB | TUBERCULOSIS, LUNG CANCER, PULMONARY INFARCTION |
FINE RALES | ASSOCIATED WITH CHF AND PULMONARY EDEMA |
MEDIUM RALES | SECRETIONS IN MID-SIZE AIRWAYS |
PARADOXICAL CHEST MOVEMENT | FLAIL CHEST, RIBS BROKEN IN MULTIPLE PLACES |
HYPERRESONANT TO PERCUSSION | PNEUMOTHORAX |
SPIKED T WAVES | HYPERKALEMIA |
RADIOLUCENT | NORMAL LUNGS |
PATCHY INFILTRATES | ATELECTASIS |
BATWING OR BUTTERFLY PATTERN | PULMONARY EDEMA |
UNILATERAL WHEEZING | LUNG MASS OR FOREIGN BODY IN LUNG |
FLATTENED T WAVES | HYPOKALEMIA |
KUSSMAUL'S BREATING | METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, DIABETES, RENAL FAILURE |
LETHARGIC, SLEEPY, SOMNOLENT | CO2 OVERDOSE |
MARKED OR SEVERE | EMERGENT CONDITION |
INVERTED T WAVES | MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA |
DIAPHORESIS | HEART FAILURE |
MUCOID SPUTUM | CHRONIC BRONCHITIS |
NO CHEST MOVEMENT WITHOUT NASAL FLOW | CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA |
CHEST MOVEMENT WITHOUT NASAL FLOW | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA |
DECREASED VOLUMES SVC, FVC | RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER |
DECREASED FLOWS FEV1/FVC%, FEV1, FEF25-75, FEF 200-1200 | OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER |
ELEVATED EOSINOPHIL COUNT | ASTHMA |
DOUBLE LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE | INDEPENDENT LUNG VENTILATION USED FOR AFTER LUNG SURGERY, TRANSPLANT, OR WITH LUNG CANCER |
SPAG UNIT (SMALL PARTICLE AEROSOL GENERATOR | USED TO DELIVER RIBAVIRIN FOR RSV |
H CYLINDER TANK FACTOR | 3.14 |
E CYLINDER TANK FACTOR | 0.28 |
MINIMUM MAXIMUM INSPIRATION PRESSURE TO SUSTAIN BREATHING | 20 CMH20 |
MINIMUM VITAL CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN LIFE | 10 ML/KG |
MINIMUM SPONTANEOUS TIDAL VOLUME TO SUSTAIN LIFE | 5ML/KG |
PT (PROTHROMBIN TIME) | LABORATORY TEST TO CHECK THE ADEQUACY OF WARFARIN (COUMADIN) THERAPY AND HEPARIN THERAPY |
PTT (PARTIAL THROMBLASTIN TIME | LABORATORY TEST TO CHECK THE ADEQUACY OF HEPARIN THERAPY |
BRONCHOGRAM | TEST USED TO DIAGNOSE BRONCHIECTASIS |
HYPERNATREMIA | ASSOCIATED WITH DEHYDRATION |
VENOUS DISTENTION | CHF |
RETRACTION | ASSOCIATED WITH INFANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS |
APNEUSTIC BREATHING | ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN TRAUMA OR TUMOR |
ACCESSORY MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY | COPD |
ELEVATED S-T SEGMENT | SEEN IN CURRENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
PRONOUNCED Q WAVES | ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
COLD, CLAMMY SKIN | ASSOCIATED WITH INFARCTION |