Common chest assessment findings in a patient with cystic ...

[littleanan]

Common chest assessment findings in a patient with cystic fibrosis include:
 
  1. tracheal deviation.
  2. breath sounds reveal crackles and rhonchi.
  3. dull percussion note.
  4. hyperresonant percussion note.
  a. 1, 3
  b. 2, 4
  c. 1, 2
  d. 2, 3, 4

Question 2

Which of the following breath sounds would be expected during auscultation of a wet-drowning victim?
 
  1. Bronchovesicular
  2. Vesicular
  3. Crackles
  4. Friction rub
  a. 1
  b. 3
  c. 2, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3

[zogaridan]

Answer to Question 1

B
Because of secretions, breath sounds will reveal crackles and rhonchi. Air trapping will result in a hyperresonant percussion note. Because of bilateral lung problems, the trachea will not deviate to one side.

Answer to Question 2

B
Crackles are likely to be heard over the lung fields of a wet-drowning victim because of the water within the airways and lungs.