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* Neck examination of patients with [ | * Neck examination of patients with [[Hamman-Rich syndrome|acute interstitial pneumonitis]] is usually normal. | ||
===Lungs=== | ===Lungs=== | ||
* Diffuse [[crackles]] upon auscultation of the lungs bilaterally<ref name="pmid11144035">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vourlekis JS, Brown KK, Cool CD, Young DA, Cherniack RM, King TE, Schwarz MI |title=Acute interstitial pneumonitis. Case series and review of the literature |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=79 |issue=6 |pages=369–78 |date=November 2000 |pmid=11144035 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | * Diffuse [[crackles]] upon auscultation of the lungs bilaterally<ref name="pmid11144035">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vourlekis JS, Brown KK, Cool CD, Young DA, Cherniack RM, King TE, Schwarz MI |title=Acute interstitial pneumonitis. Case series and review of the literature |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=79 |issue=6 |pages=369–78 |date=November 2000 |pmid=11144035 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chandrakala Yannam, MD [2]
Overview
Patients with [disease name] usually appear [general appearance]. Physical examination of patients with [disease name] is usually remarkable for [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
OR
Common physical examination findings of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
OR
The presence of [finding(s)] on physical examination is diagnostic of [disease name].
OR
The presence of [finding(s)] on physical examination is highly suggestive of [disease name].
Physical Examination
- Physical examination of patients with [disease name] is usually normal.
OR
- Physical examination of patients with [disease name] is usually remarkable for:[finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
- The presence of [finding(s)] on physical examination is diagnostic of [disease name].
- The presence of [finding(s)] on physical examination is highly suggestive of [disease name].
Appearance of the Patient
- Patients with acute interstitial pneumonitis usually appear ill.
Vital Signs
- Fever
- Tachycardia
- Tachypnea
Ski
- Cyanosis because of hypoxemia.
HEENT
- HEENT examination of patients with [disease name] is usually normal.
OR
- Abnormalities of the head/hair may include ___
- Evidence of trauma
- Icteric sclera
- Nystagmus
- Extra-ocular movements may be abnormal
- Pupils non-reactive to light / non-reactive to accommodation / non-reactive to neither light nor accommodation
- Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of ___
- Hearing acuity may be reduced
- Weber test may be abnormal (Note: A positive Weber test is considered a normal finding / A negative Weber test is considered an abnormal finding. To avoid confusion, you may write "abnormal Weber test".)
- Rinne test may be positive (Note: A positive Rinne test is considered a normal finding / A negative Rinne test is considered an abnormal finding. To avoid confusion, you may write "abnormal Rinne test".)
- Exudate from the ear canal
- Tenderness upon palpation of the ear pinnae/tragus (anterior to ear canal)
- Inflamed nares / congested nares
- Purulent exudate from the nares
- Facial tenderness
- Erythematous throat with/without tonsillar swelling, exudates, and/or petechiae
Neck
- Neck examination of patients with acute interstitial pneumonitis is usually normal.
Lungs
- Diffuse crackles upon auscultation of the lungs bilaterally[1]
- Wheezing may be present
- Prolonged expiration
- Persistent scattered rhonchi
Extremities
- Clubbing is not usually present in acute interstitial pneumonitis. Presence of clubbing indicates exacerbation of preexisting fibrotic lung disease.
- Cyanosis due to hypoxemia