NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Airway and Respiration

Upon percussion, a patient suffering what may exhibit hyperrosonance?
  1. Asthma
  2. Orthopnea
  3. Write’s syndrome
  4. Pulsus paradoxus
Explanation
Answer - A - Upon percussion, a patient suffering from asthma may exhibit hyperrosonance. This hyperrosonance is due to the collapse of the bronchioles upon exhalation, trapping air in the distal airways and alveoli.
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