Respiratory Examination
Respiratory Examination
Respiratory Examination
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Neck<br />
lymph nodes*<br />
− submental, submandibular, , pre-auricular, post-<br />
auricular, occipital, cervical chain<br />
thyroid/goitre<br />
(airway obstruction)<br />
trachea<br />
− displacement (suggests disease of upper lobes)<br />
towards side of lesion<br />
• upper lobe collapse/fibrosis, pneumonectomy<br />
away from side of lesion<br />
• pleural effusion, tension pneumothorax<br />
upper mediastinal masses (retrosternal(<br />
goitre)<br />
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