Question

It is common that patients appear in the primary-health-care setting with acute fever, productive cough, and shortness of breath. The challenge is how to quickly and reliably rule in or rule out community-acquired pneumonia (U/Llobar pneumonia) with access to limited clinical information As discussed in class, which of the following physical findings has the highest positive likelihood ratio, thereby substantially increasing the probability of community-acquired pneumonia? Select only one (1) answer Answers A-D A Egophony B Dull percussion note Crackles D Asymmetrical chest expansion

Answer 1

ANSWER;Egophony.

explanation;

@ community acquired preumonia is pneumonia That is acquired outside the hospital. causative organisms are Streptococcus pneumonia Haemophillus influenza, symptoms asymmetric breath sounds, plural * Investigation chest x-ray, Blood culture, Test your sputum and dinical findings community acquired meumonia Gading causes of death is older adults Egophony Increased resonance of voiu soundo, rubs, egophony