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    The document provides an overview of assessing the respiratory system. It lists questions to review the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory tract, mechanics of breathing, signs of respiratory distress, and common diagnostic tests. These include pulmonary function tests to evaluate lung function, bronchoscopy to examine the airways, CT scans to diagnose conditions like lung cancer, V/Q scans to evaluate for pulmonary embolism, and procedures like thoracentesis and sputum cultures to investigate infections or fluid in the lungs. Understanding these components is important for comprehensive respiratory system assessment.

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    The document provides an overview of assessing the respiratory system. It lists questions to review the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory tract, mechanics of breathing, signs of respiratory distress, and common diagnostic tests. These include pulmonary function tests to evaluate lung function, bronchoscopy to examine the airways, CT scans to diagnose conditions like lung cancer, V/Q scans to evaluate for pulmonary embolism, and procedures like thoracentesis and sputum cultures to investigate infections or fluid in the lungs. Understanding these components is important for comprehensive respiratory system assessment.

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    NR 463 Resp Assess Guided Reading

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    Chapter 25: Assessment of the Respiratory Systems

    All information is taken from: Harding, M. M., Kwong, J., Roberts, D., Hagler, D. and
    Reinisch, C. (2020). Lewis’s medical surgical nursing: Assessment and management of
    clinical problems (11th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
    Additional information may be found for medications through your pharmacology resources.

    Review your text, familiarize yourself with the upper and lower portions of the respiratory tract.

    What is the major muscle of respiration?

    What is the primary purpose of the respiratory system?

    What two things does ventilation include?

    What does compliance mean?

    How does Hemoglobin have an effect on oxygenation?

    How do you measure oxygenation?

    What are the respiratory system’s defense mechanisms?

    Subjective Data: What are some lifestyle considerations that may be pertinent?

    Objective Data:
    Review: Barrel chest:
    Kyphosis:
    Lordosis:
    Scoliosis:
    What are signs and symptoms of respiratory distress?

    What does clubbing of the fingernails indicate?


    Review Diagnostic Studies in your text (including the tables) and answer the following questions
    in your own words (summarize your findings so you understand generally what they are):

    What is a pulmonary function test?

    What is a bronchoscopy?

    What is a spiral CT and what is it most frequently used to diagnose?

    What is a ventilation-perfusion scan (V/Q)?

    What is pulmonary angiography?

    What is a thoracentesis?

    What is a sputum C & S? How is it obtained?

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