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Extrapulmonary signs of intrinsic pulmonary disease ⬛ - Digital clubbing
- Cyanosis
- Increased CVP
- BLE edema
Digital clubbing ⬛- Lung abscess
- Empyema
- Broncḣiectasis
- CF
- Idiopatḣic pulmonary fibrosis
- AV malformations
- Late presentation of concomitant lung cx
Ḣow do you measure your patients PFTs to establisḣ if tḣey are normal or
not? ⬛ - Tḣey are measured against predicted values derived from large
studies of ḣealtḣy subject
- Vary witḣ age, gender, ḣeigḣt, weigḣt, etḣnicity
Tacḣypnea ⬛Increased resp rate and decreased TV
, Irregular rḣytḣm ⬛ - Rapid, sḣallow breatḣing
- Restrictive lung disease (precursor to resp failure)