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* Velcro crackles: Bibasilar inspiratory crackles | * Velcro crackles: Bibasilar inspiratory crackles | ||
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** New holosystolic tricuspid regurgitation murmur | ** New holosystolic tricuspid regurgitation murmur | ||
* Right ventricular hypertrophy | |||
* Jugular vein distension | |||
=== Extremities === | === Extremities === | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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