Category: Clinical Methods
Articles on Clinical Methods, including history and physical examination – Written by experienced medical teachers for medical students and residents.
Auscultation of breath sounds is one of the most essential and useful clinical techniques for evaluating a patient’s respiratory pathology. You will find the description of various respiratory auscultation findings with audio examples in this article....
Apex beat is the palpable cardiac apical impulse. It is the lowermost and outermost (most lateral and most inferior) prominent cardiac pulsation in the precordium. Examination of this cardiac impulse can give valuable inputs...