Clinical Findings in Patient with COPD (Pink Puffers, Blue Bloaters)

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• have a barrel chest with an increased anteroposterior diameter?

• breathing through pursed lips, often leaning forward?

• have dyspnea while talking or with minimal exertion?

• have chronic cough with increased sputum production?

• have pulsus parodoxicus?

• have the cardiac apex at or near the midline?

• have an expiration phase greater than inspiration?

• use accessory muscles when breathing?

• have paradoxical movement of the lower ribs?

• hyperresonance on percussion of the thorax?

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Patient's appearance