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SILENT CHEST [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
CONT

Physical findings of airway obstruction include prolonged expiration and wheezing in both phases of respiration. In more severe attacks, increasing dyspnea may be associated with a diminution of wheezing. This may lead to a silent chest, an especially serious finding that suggests impending respiratory failure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches
CONT

État de mal asthmatique [...] La polypnée est intense avec sifflement expiratoire bruyant parfois remplacé par un silence expiratoire marquant la disparition des sibilances (signe de gravité).

CONT

Ainsi, la présence, l'absence ou le degré des sibilants ne sont pas strictement corrélés à la gravité de la crise d'asthme. Les signes les plus fiables sont le degré de dyspnée au repos, la cyanose, les difficultés d'élocution, un pouls paradoxal [...]

Spanish

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