MedicosNotes.com

A site for medical students - Practical,Theory,Osce Notes

Showing posts with label respiratory system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label respiratory system. Show all posts

Inspection for shape and movement of the chest

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...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Assessment of position of Trachea

Trail's sign Shift of trachea produces prominence of sternal head of sternocleidomastoid on the side to which the trachea is shifted. It...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Features of pulmonary and systemic circulation

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...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Causes of chestpain in clinical practise

Types of chest pain observed in clinical practise are: Restrosternal pain Pleuritic pain Acut onset chest pain Chest pain with dyspnea ...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Causes of Retrosternal chest pain

Retrosternal chest pain  causes are given below Ischaemic heart disease. Oesophagitis or diffuse oesophageal spasm. Acute dry percar...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Causes of chest pain with breathlessness :

Following are the causes of chest pain with breathlessness Spontaneous pneumothorax. Acute myocardial infarction- Occurs in middle aged ...
Read More »
: Posted at :

What are the causes of acute chest pain?

The causes of acute chest pain are the following Ischaemic heart disease (HID), ie. angina pectoris or acute myocardial infarction: aort...
Read More »
: Posted at :

What is Stridor?

Stridor can be laryngeal or tracheal in origin Laryngeal stridor High pitched crowing sound better heard during inspiration Causes of la...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Inspection of respiratory system

Inspection of  upper and lower Respiratory tract  Position of Trachea Apical impulse Displacement of apical impulse is seen in push ...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Normal shape of Chest

Normal chest is bilaterally symmetrical without undue elevation or depression, Truncated cone-shaped  with transverse diameter > anter...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Drooping of the shoulder

How to detect the drooping of shoulder? Ask the patient to stand with the face away from the examiner Identify the level difference of...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Examination of the Respiratory System

Inspection ot upper Respiratory tract Examination of Oral cavity Oral hygiene Dental caries Oral thrush Tonsils. Examination of  No...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Observation on inspection of back in respiratory system

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...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Spinal Deformity-Kyphoscoliosis

What is Kyphoscoliosis? It is a disfiguring or disabling deformity of the spine, producing a shift of the apex beat. Kyphosoliosis red...
Read More »
: Posted at :

What is hyperventilation?

Hyperventilation means deep rapid breathing as in Acidosis Upper brainstem lesion, Hypoxia Hysteria Salicylate poisoning. Tachypn...
Read More »
: Posted at :

Differentiation between pulmonary and cardiac causes of Dyspnoea

Dyspnoea due to pulmonary aetiology has the following features Cough with expectoration precedes dyspnoea. Wheeze or stridor. Pleuriti...
Read More »
: Posted at :

What are the causes of Acute Dyspnea?

Severe dyspnea at rest is seen in patients with Acute leftventricular failure ARDS Acute exacerbation of asthma COPD Tension pneumot...
Read More »
: Posted at :
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Labels

abdomen adrenal gland Anatomy anemia Anesthesia Anesthesiology angina antiplatelets AntiSeizureDrugs Aortic regurgitation Aortic stenosis apexbeat arrhthmia arthritis ascites Ataxia atrial septal defect Audio autoimmune disease Autoimmune_Encephalitis AutoimmuneEncephalitis Biochemistry blood supply of brain blood_supply built Capsular_Warning_Syndrome cardiac auscultation cardiac tamponade Cardiology CerebellarAtaxia cerebellum cerebral circulation cerebro vascular accident cerebrospinal cerebrovascular accident clinical sign clinical_examination ClinicalDecisionMaking ClinicalDiagnosis ClinicalMedicine ClinicalNeurology ClinicalTrials clubbing ClusterHeadache coarctation of aorta Cognitive_Decline collagen vascular disease congenital heart disease COPD coronary circulation coronaryheartdisease cranial nerve CranialNerves critical care CSF CSFLeak CTMyelography cvj Cyanotic heart disease dementia Dementia_Mimics dermatology diabetes DiagnosticAlgorithm dialysis Differential_Diagnosis DifferentialDiagnosi DifferentialDiagnosis diplopia drugs dwarfism Dyslipidemia ECG edema EEG electrolyte disturbance electrophysiology embryology EmergencyMedicine EMG endocrinology Epilepsy EpisodicAtaxia fever gastroenterology general examination Genetics graves disease hair examination headache HeadacheClassification heart heart failure heart murmurs heartmurmurs heartsounds height hematology hemo hemochromatosis hemolysis hemophilia hepatic encephalopathy hepatology higher mentalfunction history taking hyperkalemia hypertension HypertensionManagement hyperthyroidism hypokalemia ICHD3 iih infectious disease infective endocarditis insulin internal capsule Internal_Capsule InternalMedicine Intracerebral Hemorrhage involuntary movement iron defiency Ischemic_Stroke jaundice JME JVP kidney labour Laptop Lecture Notes LGI1_Antibodies Limbic_Encephalitis Limbic_System liver function test long qt lumbar puncture LumbarPuncture marfans syndrome MBBS MedicalEducation MedicalErrors MedicalHistory MedicalResearch MedicalStudentGuide medicine MedicosNotes Memory_Impairment Migraine MigraineCriteria MigraineMechanisms MigraineVsTTH mitral regurgitation mitral stenosis motor neuron disease MovementDisorders mrcp MRI musculoskeletal system myocardial infarction myotonia nail NASH Nausea nephrology Neurobiology neurocutaneous markers Neurogenetics Neuroimaging Neuroimmunology Neurological_Disorders neurology NeurologyFlowchart NeurologyGuidelines NeurologyNotes neuroophthalmology NICE Guidelines note notes notes. nuerology nutrition Nystagmus obesity obstestrics ocularmovements oedema oncology opening snap oral cavity osce osteoarthirtis p parasternal heave parathyroid gland patent ductus arteriosus Pathophysiology PatientSafety PDA PDF PediatricNeurology percussion Pharmacology Pharmacotherapy physiology PKD ClinicalCases plague posterior circulation stroke PPT practical note practical notes practicalnotes primaryheadache PrimaryHeadaches protein pulmonary medicine pulmonology pulse radiofemoraldelay Radiology rare manifestations reflex respiratory system rheumatic fever rheumatology seizure sepsis short stature skin spinal cord SpontaneousCSFLeak Squint strabismus stroke Stroke Management StrokeCare symptomatology Synovial joint tallstature temperature Therapeutics thrill thrombolysis thyroid thyrotoxicosis TIA TrigeminalSystem tuberculosis.infection urinary bladder usmle Valvular heart disease Video vitals monitoring vitals monitoring. VSD