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Patients with respiratory failure usually appear distressed with altered mental status. Physical examination of patients with respiratory failure is usually remarkable for dyspnea, stridor, and tachypnea. | Patients with respiratory failure usually appear distressed with altered mental status. Physical examination of patients with respiratory failure is usually remarkable for dyspnea, stridor, and tachypnea. | ||
==Physical Examination== | ==Physical Examination== | ||
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*Arrhythmia | *Arrhythmia | ||
*Tachypnea | *Tachypnea | ||
===Skin=== | ===Skin=== | ||
*[[Cyanosis]] | *[[Cyanosis]] | ||
*Bruises | *Bruises | ||
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*Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of papilledema | *Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of papilledema | ||
*Flared nares | *Flared nares | ||
===Neck=== | ===Neck=== | ||
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===Neuromuscular=== | ===Neuromuscular=== | ||
* Altered mental status | *Altered mental status | ||
* Clonus may be present | *Clonus may be present | ||
===Extremities=== | ===Extremities=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Patients with respiratory failure usually appear distressed with altered mental status. Physical examination of patients with respiratory failure is usually remarkable for dyspnea, stridor, and tachypnea.
Physical Examination
Appearance of the Patient
Patients with respiratory failure usually appear distressed with altered mental status.
Vital Signs
- Tachycardia
- Arrhythmia
- Tachypnea
Skin
- Cyanosis
- Bruises
- May be due to insult to the neck or thorax
HEENT
- Evidence of trauma
- Ophthalmoscopic exam may be abnormal with findings of papilledema
- Flared nares
Neck
Bruises may be noted
Lungs
Fine crackles upon auscultation of the lung basesbilaterally
Neuromuscular
- Altered mental status
- Clonus may be present
Extremities