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| Listen with the stethoscope over an area of suspected consolidation and ask the patient to say “99” in the normal voice; if this sounds very loud compared to the rest of the chest=pneumonia |
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| Place a tape measure around the chest at the level of the 4th intercostal space and note the measurement. Instruct the patient to take a deep breath and measure the expansion. If the difference is less than 1½ inches = ankylosing spondylitis |
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| Listen with the stethoscope over an area of suspected consolidation and ask the patient to say “EE” in the normal voice; if this sounds like “AA” like the bleating of sheep =pneumonia |
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| Listen with the stethoscope over an area of suspected consolidation and ask the patient to whisper “99”; if this sounds like 99 said in a normal voice=pneumonia |
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