HOSPITAL

TYPES OF BREATHING

·       Upper rib breathing – found in women by raising the upper part of the chest;

·       Lower costal breathing – found in men by increasing the lateral diameter of the ribcage;

·       Abdominal breathing - by increasing the vertical diameter of the chest, found in children and the elderly;

BREATHING MEASUREMENT SPOT

·       Chest surface;

ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE

Type of breathing:

·       Amplitude of respiratory movements;

·       Frequency;

·       Respiratory rhythm;

·       Symmetry of chest expansion;

·       Cough;

·       Expectoration;

·       dyspnea

·       Chest pain