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=== Vital Signs ===
=== Vital Signs ===
 
* Tachypnea
=== Skin ===
* Shallow breathing


=== Lungs ===
=== Lungs ===
* Velcro crackles: Bibasilar inspiratory crackles
* Velcro crackles: Bibasilar inspiratory crackles
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=== Heart ===
=== Heart ===
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** Fixed split S2
** Fixed split S2
** New holosystolic tricuspid regurgitation murmur  
** New holosystolic tricuspid regurgitation murmur  
* Right ventricular hypertrophy
* Jugular vein distension 


=== Extremities ===
=== Extremities ===

Revision as of 19:43, 15 February 2018

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Overview

Physical Examination

Appearance of the patient

  • Patients with pulmonary fibrosis usually appear tired and ill due to difficulty of breathing.

Vital Signs

  • Tachypnea
  • Shallow breathing

Lungs

  • Velcro crackles: Bibasilar inspiratory crackles

Heart

  • Patients with pulmonary fibrosis may be complicated with pulmonary hypertension.
  • Physical examination findings indclude the following:
    • Loud P2 of S2
    • Fixed split S2
    • New holosystolic tricuspid regurgitation murmur
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • Jugular vein distension

Extremities

  • Clubbing
  • Pedal edema in cases of pulmonary hypertension

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