COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds - LR 3.5
Hyperresonance of chest - LR 7.3
Subxiphoid cardiac impulse - LR 7.4
Absent cardiac dullness, left lower sternal border - LR 11.8
Early inspiratory crackles - LR 14.6

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Dr. Satya Patel @SatyaPatelMD · 3 years ago
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