Saturday 29 September 2012

On respiratory examination

Hyperexpanded chest

  • COPD
  • Chronic asthma

Postural flapping tremor
  • Acute CO2 retention

Stony dull percussion
  • Pleural effusion

Fine crepitations
  • Pulmonary oedema
  • Pulmonary fibrosis

Pleuritic chest pain
  • Pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, pneumothorax

Stridor
  • Upper airway obstruction, e.g. foreign body, croup

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