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Cyanosis

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Poor circulation
- peripheral vasoconstriction (hypovolaemia)

Inadequate oxygenation of blood
- L-R cardiac shunting

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SOB

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  • asthma
  • pulmonary oedema
  • pulmonary fibrosis
  • LC
  • COPD
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Cough

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Productive
- pneumonia
- bronchiectasis
- COPD
- CF

Dry
- asthma
- ILD

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Pallor

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Anaemia
- haemorrhage
- chronic disease

Poor perfusion
- CHF

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5
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Cachexia

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Malignancy (LC)
ESRD (COPD)

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6
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Cyanosis

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Hypoxaemia

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7
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Tar staining

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Smoking
- COPD
- LC

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Bruising/thinning of skin

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Long-term steroid use
- asthma
- COPD
- ILD

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Joint swelling/deformity

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RA
- pleural effusions
- pulmonary fibrosis

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Clubbing (loss of Schamroth’s window)

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  • LC
  • ILD
  • CF
  • bronchiectasis
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11
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Fine tremor

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B2-agonist (salbutamol)

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12
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Asterixis

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CO2 retention

T2RF
- COPD

Metabolic
- uraemia
- hepatic encephalopathy

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13
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Bounding pulse

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CO2 retention (T2RF)

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14
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Pulsus paradoxus

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(pulse wave volume decreases during inspiratory phase)

  • cardiac tamponade
  • severe acute asthma
  • severe COPD exacerbation
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Prolonged expiratory phase

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  • COPD
  • asthma exacerbation
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16
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Bradypnoea

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Opiate overdose

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17
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Tachypnoea

A
  • Acute asthma
  • Respiratory compensation of metabolic disease
  • anxiety
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Raised JVP (>3cm above sternal angle)

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(IJV medial to SCM, double waveform pulsation)

PHTN
- RHF (COPD, ILD)
= cor pulmonale

  • CHF
  • Tricuspid regurg
  • constrictive pericarditis
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Plethoric complexion

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Polycythaemia (COPD)
CO2 retention (T2RF)

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Conjunctival pallor

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Anaemia

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Ptosis, miosis, enophthalmos, anhydrosis

A

Horner’s syndrome
(damage to sympathetic trunk; LC (Pancoast tumour))

22
Q

Oral candidiasis

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Steroid inhaler use (can prescribe spacer to reduce mouth irritation)

23
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Thoracic scars

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Median sternotomy (midline) - CABG
Axillary thoracotomy (triangle of safety) - chest drain
Posterolat thoracotomy (scapula) - lobectomy, pneumonectomy, oesophageal surgery
Infraclavicular - pacemaker

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Xerox is, scale, hyperkeratosis, depigmentation, telangiectasia

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RTx-associated skin changes (LC)

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Asymmetrical chest wall

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Pneumonectomy - LC
Total PTX
Thoracoplasty - TB

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Barrel chest

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Hyperexpansion
- asthma
- COPD

27
Q

Tracheal deviation

A

Away
- tension PTX
- large pleural effusions

Towards
- lobar collapse
- pneumonectomy

28
Q

Abnormal cricosternal distance

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Hyperinflation
- asthma
- COPD

29
Q

Displaced apex beat

A
  • RVH (PHTN, COPD, ILD)
  • large pleural effusion
  • tension PTX
30
Q

Reduced chest expansion

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Bilateral
- pulmonary fibrosis

Ipsilateral
- PTX
- pneumonia
- pleural effusion

31
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Chest stony dull on percussion

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Pleural effusion

32
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Chest hyper-resonant on percussion

A

PTX, pneumonectomy

33
Q

Increased vocal resonance

A

Increased tissue density:
- consolidation
- tumour
- lobar collapse

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Decreased vocal resonance

A

Fluid in pleural space:
- pleural effusion

35
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Vesicular breath sounds

A

Normal

36
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Bronchial breath sounds

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Insp=exp; pause; harsh

  • consolidation
37
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Reduced breath sounds

A
  • pleural effusion
  • PTX
38
Q

Wheeze

A

Expiratory:
- asthma
- COPD
- bronchiectasis

39
Q

Stridor

A

Inspiratory wheeze:
- aspiration (foreign body)
- subglottic stenosis

40
Q

Coarse crackles

A
  • pneumonia
  • bronchiectasis
  • pulmonary oedema
41
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Fine end-inspiratory crackles

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(Velcro/snow)
- pulmonary fibrosis

42
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Pleural rub

A
  • PTX
  • pneumonia
43
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Lymphadenopathy

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  • LC mets
  • TB
  • Sarcoidosis
44
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Pitting oedema (sacral & pedal)

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CHF

45
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Swollen, warm, tender, erythematous calves (+/- visible superficial veins)

A

DVT

46
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Erythema nodosum

A

Sarcoidosis

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