MAY BE A NORMAL RESPONSE TO FEVER, EXERCISE
AND ANXIETY
BRADYPNEA
<10/MIN AND REGULAR
MAY BE REGULAR IN WELL CONDITIONED ATHLETES.
CAN OCCUR IN MEDICATION INDUCED DEPRESSION OF THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
HYPERVENTILATION
INCREASED RATE AND DEPTH
USUALLY OCCURS IN EXTREME EXERCISE,
FEAR OR ANXIETY
HYPOVENTILATION
DECREASED RATE AND DEPTH
IRREGULAR PATTERN
USUALLY ASSOCIATED
W/ OVERDOSE OF
NARCOTICS AND
ANETHETICS
CHEYNE-STOKES
RESPIRATION
REGULAR PATTERN CHARACTERIZED BY
ALTERNATING PERIODS OF DEEP, RAPID
BREATHING FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF APNEA
MAY RESULT FROM SEVERE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, DRUG OVERDOSE INCREASED
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE OR RENAL FAILURE. MAY BE NOTED IN ELDERLY PERSON DURING
SLEEP
BIOT'S
RESPIRATION
IRREGULAR PATTERN CHARACTERIZED BY VARYING DEPTH RATE
OF RESPIRATION FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF APNEA
MAY BE SEEN W/ MENINGITIS OR SEVERE BRAIN
DAMMAGE
FINDINGS
NORMAL
PINK
INTERCOSTAL SPACE SHOULD BE EVEN AND RELAXED
CHEST SYMMETRY IS
EQUAL
RESPIRATION PATTERNS IS EVEN WITH 14-20 MIN
UNLABORED
ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR TO LATERAL DIAMETER IS 1:2
RATIO
SHAPE & POSITION IS LEVEL W/
RIBS
CHEST EXPANSION IS 3 INCHES W/ DEEP INSPIRATION
POSITION OF TRACHEA IS IN
MIDLINE
DEVIATION FROM
NORMAL
PALLOR,
CYANOSIS
BULGING AND
RETRACTING
UNEQUAL
UNEVEN, LABORED, <12/MIN OR >20/MIN, SHALLOW AND
DEEP
>1:2 RATIO OR <1:2
SHAPE & POSITION IS DEPRESSED OR
PROJECTING
POSITION OF TRACHEA IS DEVIATED TO ONE
SIDE
LESS THAN 3 INCHES W/ DEEP INSPIRATION & DECREASED CHEST
EXCURSION
ALTERED VOICE SOUND OVER LUNGS
PERIPHERY
BRONCHOPHONY
SOUND MUFFLED
SOUND LOUD AND CLEAR OVER CONSOLIDATION FROM
PNEUMONIA ATELECTASIS OR TUMOR
WHISPERED
PECTORILOQUY
SOUND MUFFLED
SOUND LOUD AND CLEAR OVER AREAS OF CONSOLIDATION
EGOPHONY
SOUND LIKE MUFFLED "EE"
SOUND LIKE "AY" OVER ARES CONSOLIDATION OR
COMPRESSION