Chest Exam

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  1. Visual Survey
    • General appearance (cachexia, superior vena cava obstruction, systemic sclerosis, lupus pernio, kyphoscoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis)
  2. Dyspnoea
  3. Lip pursing
  4. Cyanosis
  5. Accessory muscles
  6. Indrawing
    • intercostal muscles
    • supraclavicular fossae
    • lower ribs)
  7. Chest wall
    • upward movement
    • asymmetry, scars, radiotherapy stigmata
  8. Clubbing
    • tobacco staining
    • coal dust tattoos
    • rheumatoid deformity
    • systemic sclerosis
  9. Pulse
    • Flapping tremor
  10. Venous pressure
  11. Trachea
  12. Lymphadenopathy
  13. Apex beat
  14. Asymmetry
  15. Expansion
  16. Percussion
    • Clavicles, axillae
  17. Tactile vocal fremitus
  18. Breath sounds
  19. Vocal resonance
  20. Repeat 14-19 on back of chest and feel for lymph nodes in the neck