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COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
COPD Physical Exam ... 1.5 Pursed Lip Breathing ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD ... #PhysicalExam # ... LRs #diagnosis #pulmonary
A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
A serious case of ... #Breathing #Pattern ... #Trauma #Video ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... between attacks COPD ... , Pursed lip breathing ... Subxiphoid PMI • COPD ... #COPD #comparison
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... /Chest Wall: • ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD ... : Tumor, Vocal cord
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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• Tachypnea: Respiratory ... 20/min, shallow breathing ... Pulmonary Causes ... Tachypnea: • Asthma ... • COPD • Pneumonia
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Ludwig's angina Trauma ... Hemangiomas • Vocal cord ... Anaphylaxis • Vocal cord ... #pulmonary #airway ... #physicalexam
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... asthma, chronic ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... Abnormal #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
to a traumatic chest ... trauma, thoracic ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... #physicalexam # ... respiratory #breathing
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... obstruction • COPD ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest ... the airway • Treating