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NSG 6020 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAMS GUARANTEED
SUCCESS
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness
(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance
(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance
None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany
(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular
soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial
louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Order of lung exam
inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
, 2
Pectus Excavatum
congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum
at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest
associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as
diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus
palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99
or 1-2-3)
-impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
percussion:
flatness
(thigh)
Auscultation: bronchovesicular
intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
NSG 6020 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ Q AND ANS MOST POPULAR EXAMS GUARANTEED
SUCCESS
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness
(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance
(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance
None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany
(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular
soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial
louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Order of lung exam
inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
, 2
Pectus Excavatum
congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum
at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest
associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as
diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus
palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99
or 1-2-3)
-impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
percussion:
flatness
(thigh)
Auscultation: bronchovesicular
intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces
