VOL: 102, ISSUE: 44, PAGE NO: 26 Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is resuscitation officer/clinical skills lead, Manor Hospital, Walsall Chest examination is a key component of respiratory system assessment ...

At its most fundamental level, the clinical encounter between a patient and their doctor seeks to solve a mystery. Clinicians uncover clues through the history, physical examination, and ancillary ...

Auscultation can be defined as the process of listening, usually with a stethoscope, to sounds produced by movement of gas or liquid within the body, as an aid to diagnosis (McFerran and Marrtin, 2003 ...

A substantial percentage of patients who receive radiologist recommendations for chest CT to evaluate abnormal findings on outpatient chest X-rays have clinically relevant findings, including cancer, ...

A man in his mid-70s with a history of peripheral arterial disease, but no known heart disease, presents to the emergency department (ED) with 1 to 2 hours of nonradiating, slightly pleuritic, ...

A man in his early 60s presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-day history of pleuritic central chest pressure. He has a history of a recent myocardial infarction (MI) that was treated with ...