Chest examination

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chest examination

The evaluation of the chest, in which the examiner listens to breath and heart sounds, location and nature of pain, to identify disease

Chest examination

Finding Breath sound* Percussion Fremitus

Pleural effusion ↓ Dull ↓

Pneumonia ↓ Dull ↑

Pneumothorax ↓ Hyper ↓

*BS Breath sounds; Hyper Hyperresonant; PC Percussion; TF Tactile fremitus

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