A deep dive on the "core" pulmonary exam the exam of the lungs that one would perform on a new primary care patient, or on a patient being admitted to the hospital for an issue not directly related to the lungs. I discuss abnormal respiratory patterns, signs of respiratory distress, barrel chest, clubbing, and of course, lung auscultation (e.g. crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, etc...)

@0:00 Introduction
@1:40 Inspection of the respiratory pattern
@5:31 Remainder of inspection (e.g. resp. distress, barrel chest, clubbing)
@12:27 Review of lung anatomy for auscultation
@13:57 Demonstration of lung auscultation
@17:30 Lung Auscultation breath sounds
@19:25 Lung Auscultation adventitious sounds (e.g. crackles, wheezing)
@27:34 Concluding clinical pearls & documentation of the lung exam


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