Page 23 - Pleural Effusion

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Diagnosis

7. Vital sign

• Breathing

➢Dyspnoea increases

➢Shortness of breath

➢Breath sound is reduced or not

➢Dullness @ flatness on percussion where involved.

➢Anasarca limited chest wall movement (comprehensive oedema throughout

the body)

• Fever

• Chest pain, especially when breathing in deeply (pleurisy or pleuritic pain)