Showing posts with label pulmonology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pulmonology. Show all posts

Inspection for shape and movement of the chest

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Looking from above (standing behind the patient), over the shoulders or the upper part of the chest.If standing or sitting is not possible f...

Assessment of position of Trachea

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Trail's sign Shift of trachea produces prominence of sternal head of sternocleidomastoid on the side to which the trachea is shifted. It...

Where do you beat in clavicular percussion ?

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This is a direct percussion (clavicle acts as pleximeter  finger): percussion is done by right middle finger. Over the most prominent pa...

What are the areas of the percussion of lung ?

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Percussion of Anterior chest wall Clavicle: Direct percussion is used and percussion is done within the medial l/3rd of the clavicle  Su...

Features of pulmonary and systemic circulation

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Features of pulmonary circulation It is a low pressure system Because it only needs to pump  blood to the top of the lungs. If it is...

Causes of chestpain in clinical practise

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Types of chest pain observed in clinical practise are: Restrosternal pain Pleuritic pain Acut onset chest pain Chest pain with dyspnea ...

Causes of Retrosternal chest pain

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Retrosternal chest pain  causes are given below Ischaemic heart disease. Oesophagitis or diffuse oesophageal spasm. Acute dry percar...

Causes of chest pain with breathlessness :

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Following are the causes of chest pain with breathlessness Spontaneous pneumothorax. Acute myocardial infarction- Occurs in middle aged ...

What is Stridor?

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Stridor can be laryngeal or tracheal in origin Laryngeal stridor High pitched crowing sound better heard during inspiration Causes of la...

Inspection of respiratory system

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Inspection of  upper and lower Respiratory tract  Position of Trachea Apical impulse Displacement of apical impulse is seen in push ...

What are the abnormal shape of chest?

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Normal chest is symmetrical and elliptical in cross section .The following abnormalities are noted in shape of chest Flat chest  The ante...

Normal shape of Chest

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Normal chest is bilaterally symmetrical without undue elevation or depression, Truncated cone-shaped  with transverse diameter > anter...

Drooping of the shoulder

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How to detect the drooping of shoulder? Ask the patient to stand with the face away from the examiner Identify the level difference of...

Examination of the Respiratory System

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Inspection ot upper Respiratory tract Examination of Oral cavity Oral hygiene Dental caries Oral thrush Tonsils. Examination of  No...

Observation on inspection of back in respiratory system

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Inspection of back (in respiratoty system or CVS) is always done in standing position if the condition of the patient permits.This is to a...

What is hyperventilation?

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Hyperventilation means deep rapid breathing as in Acidosis Upper brainstem lesion, Hypoxia Hysteria Salicylate poisoning. Tachypn...

Differentiation between pulmonary and cardiac causes of Dyspnoea

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Dyspnoea due to pulmonary aetiology has the following features Cough with expectoration precedes dyspnoea. Wheeze or stridor. Pleuriti...