chest examination

chest examination

The evaluation of the chest, in which the examiner listens to breath and heart sounds, location and nature of pain, to identify disease Chest examination  Finding Breath sound* Percussion Fremitus Pleural effusion ↓ Dull ↓ Pneumonia ↓ Dull ↑ Pneumothorax ↓ Hyper ↓
*BS Breath sounds; Hyper Hyperresonant; PC Percussion; TF Tactile fremitus