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Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
Campbell’s sign or Tracheal ... displacement of the trachea ... Campbells #sign #Tracheal ... clinical #video #trachea ... #neck #physicalexam
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Tracheal Descent ... movement of the trachea ... Azmol Hussain #Tracheal ... #respiratory #pulmonary ... #breathing #Trachea
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
inhalation • Tracheal ... Intrathoracic: Thoracic trachea ... tracheitis • Tracheal ... Subglottis, Cervical Trachea ... Hemangioma • Tracheal
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
paralysis, GERD Trachea ... Tracheomalacia, tracheal ... stenosis, tracheal ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Characteristics of Breath Sounds 

Vesicular, Broncho-vesicular, Bronchial, Tracheal 

#Auscultation #Breath #Sounds #PhysicalExam #Lung #Pulmonary #Diagnosis

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Characteristics of Breath ... Broncho-vesicular, Bronchial, Tracheal ... #Auscultation #Breath ... #Sounds #PhysicalExam ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord ... upper airway: Tracheal ... Tracheomalacia, Tracheal ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
COPD Physical Exam ... LR 2.7 Reduced breath ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD ... #PhysicalExam # ... LRs #diagnosis #pulmonary
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... - Flail chest, pulmonary ... vessel injury, pulmonary ... contusion, brachial ... Esophageal disruption, tracheal
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
- indicates if tracheal ... for sutures) • Tracheal ... tube against the trachea ... development of a Tracheo-innominate ... innominate artery & trachea
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
intubation Expiratory (Tracheal ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary