Term
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Definition
| Pleural effusion, pneumothorax |
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Term
| Absence of nail bed angle or Schamroth space |
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Definition
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Term
| Biot’s respiration [irregularly irregular rhythm] |
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Definition
| Damage to the medulla-CVA, trauma or tumor |
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Term
| Bronchophony [loud breath sounds] |
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Definition
| Pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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Term
| Cheyne-Stoke breathing [regularly irregular] |
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Definition
| CHF or raised intracranial pressure |
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Term
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Definition
| TB, lung abscess, bronchiectasis, lung cancer |
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Term
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Definition
| Pneumonia, CHF and bronchiectasis |
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Term
| Cyanosis-central [blue lips, fingers and toes] |
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Definition
| Severe respiratory distress, Fallot’s tetralogy |
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Term
| Cyanosis-peripheral [blue fingers and toes |
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Definition
| Cold temperatures, Raynaud’s phenomenon |
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Term
| Decreased tactile fremitus |
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Definition
| COPD, pleural effusion, asthma |
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Term
| Egophony [E sounds like A] |
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Definition
| Pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Gibbus [localized angular kyphosis] |
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Definition
| Pott’s disease of the spine-tuberculosis |
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Term
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Definition
| Bronchiectasis, lung abscess |
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Term
| Hyper-resonant percussion |
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Definition
| Pneumothorax, emphysema and asthma |
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Term
| Increased tactile fremitus |
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Definition
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Term
| Intercostal space bulging |
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Definition
| Pleural effusion and empyema |
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Term
| Intercostal space retraction |
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Definition
| Severe asthma and upper airway obstruction |
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Term
| Kussmaul’s breathing [deep rapid breathing] |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Pectus carinatum [sunken sternum] |
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Definition
| Rickets or congenital abnormality |
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Term
| Pectus excavatum [pigeon chest] |
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Definition
| Rickets or congenital abnormality |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Rachitic rosary [swollen costochondral joints] |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Klebsiella [Friedlander’s] pneumonia |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Stony dull percussion note |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| MI , PE or dissecting thoracic aorta |
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Term
| Tender swollen costochondral joint |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax, TB |
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Term
| Tracheal tug [downward pull on the trachea] |
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Definition
| Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta |
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Term
| Wheeze [musical breath sound] |
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Definition
| Asthma, bronchiectasis and COPD |
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Term
| Whispered pectoriloquy [whispered 99-loud] |
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Definition
| Pneumonia, compression atelectasis |
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