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Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Rapid Shallow Breathing ... disease, pleuritic chest ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
is often a sign ... It causes the chest ... #PhysicalExam # ... respiratory #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
1.5 Pursed Lip Breathing ... LR 11.8 Early inspiratory ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD #PhysicalExam ... LikelihoodRatios #LRs #diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
hyperexpansion of the lungs ... Pulmonary #COPD ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Clinical #Breathing ... #Paradoxical #Respiratory
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
atelectasis • Lung ... RR < 12 / shallow ... breathing - Hypoventilation ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... #differential #Diagnosis
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Presentation and Diagnosis ... Dyspnea, Wheeze, Chest ... , Pursed lip breathing ... #Asthma #COPD #comparison ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
to a traumatic chest ... is noted after chest ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... thoracic #trauma #physicalexam ... #respiratory #breathing
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... consists of a shallow ... periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest