Patients in respiratory distress may appear restless, agitated, or drowsy. The patient's eyes may be prominent. Patients in respiratory distress will often sit leaning forward using their accessory ...

As part of a comprehensive lung exam, a doctor may try to listen for various sounds by tapping your back and chest with their hand, which is a test called percussion. If the percussion produces a drum ...

Estimating the duration of cough is the first step in narrowing the list of possible diagnoses. There is controversy about how best to define chronic cough. 1 We propose that cough be divided into ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader ...

Pulmonologists are doctors who focus on the diseases and conditions that affect the respiratory system. They may treat common problems like asthma or serious conditions such as lung cancer. Many also ...

For the 7-item history questions, responses to the questions related to cough, shortness of breath and wheezing were classified as positive if the respondent answered ‘almost every day’ or ‘several ...

Filtration systems can improve indoor air quality and outcomes for patients with asthma, COPD and other respiratory diseases, ...

The Case: A previously healthy 27-year-old woman bearing twins during her first pregnancy arrived at our hospital's high-risk obstetrical unit when labour threatened at 33 weeks' gestation. Her ...

As with palpation, make sure your hands are warm before you begin percussion. Start at the back and check each side to compare the quality of the sensation. It is key to keep the wrist loose and the ...