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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 Descent ... #Campbells #sign ... #neck #physicalexam ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Sign Paradoxical ... #Descent #Sign ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #respiratory #pulmonary ... #COPD
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemangiomas • Vocal cord ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord ... upper airway: Tracheal ... Tracheomalacia, Tracheal ... #Causes #pulmonary
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Asthma - COPD ... - Obesity - Flail ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Ascites • COPD ... - PNS lesion: Brachial ... #Causes #pulmonary
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
breathing is often a sign ... It causes the chest ... DDx includes flail ... Paradoxical #Breathing #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
more places - Flail ... chest, pulmonary ... Esophageal disruption, tracheal ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis ... #signs #radiology
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... (laryngeal or tracheal ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam # ... diagnosis #signs
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... pleura in severe cases ... lung sliding COPD ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS