Chest examination is a key component of respiratory system assessment. It includes chest palpation (described here), chest percussion and chest auscultation (described in parts two and three). Chest ...

Inspection and palpation of the precordium usually follows the assessment of jugular venous pressure (described last week; NT Clinical, 1 June, p28). The process precedes auscultation of the ...

Reproducible chest pain means that a doctor or medical team can reproduce the pain under specific circumstances through pressing or touching. Doctors often use it as an early diagnostic tool when a ...

Examination of ticklish patients may be difficult. Strategies for examining ticklish patients have been reported in the fields of pediatric neurology (i.e., using the Chaddock maneuver in preference ...