Respiratory Station
Height
Disproportionate tall stature
ACES for PACES page 248
Weight
Underweight (cachexia) ACES
for PACES page 248
Obesity ACES for PACES
page 248
Skin
Suffusion ACES for PACES
page 249
Head
Swelling ACES for PACES
page 250-251
Eyes
Horner’s syndrome ACES for
PACES page251
Mouth
Pursed lip breathing ACES for
PACES page 253
Cyanosis ACES for PACES
page 252
Hands
Deformity ACES for PACES
page 254
Clubbing ACES for PACES
page 254
Nicotine staining of fingers
ACES for PACES page 254
Purpura and ecchymoses ACES
for PACES page 131
Wasting of small muscles of hand
ACES for PACES page 255
Flapping tremor ACES for
PACES page 255
Neck
Use of accessory muscles of respiration
ACES for PACES page 256
Raised JVP ACES for PACES
page 256-257
V waves ACES for PACES
page 257
A waves ACES for PACES
page 257
Reduced cricosternal distance
ACES for PACES page 257
Tracheal deviation ACES for
PACES page 257
Tracheal tug ACES for PACES
page 257
Lymphadenopathy ACES for
PACES page 267
Stridor ACES for PACES
page 257
Inspection of Chest
Scar ACES for PACES
page 259
Radiation burn ACES for PACES
page 259
Dilated veins ACES for PACES
page 259
Flattening of chest wall ACES
for PACES page 258-259
Hyperinflated chest ACES for
PACES page 258
Intercostal recession ACES
for PACES page 261
Apex
Displaced apex beat ACES for
PACES page 266
Dextrocardia ACES for PACES
page 266
Palpation
Decreased respiratory movement
ACES for PACES page 261
Deceased vocal fremitus ACES
for PACES page 262
Percussion
Hyper-resonant percussion note
ACES for PACES page 262
Dull percussion note ACES for
PACES page 262
Stony dull percussion note
ACES for PACES page 262
Lungs
Decreased breath sounds ACES
for PACES page 263
Bronchial breathing ACES for
PACES page 263
Whispering pectoriloquy ACES
for PACES page 233
Fine inspiratory crepitations (crackles) at bases
ACES for PACES page 265
Localised crepitations ACES
for PACES page 265
Coarse crepitations at bases
ACES for PACES page 265
Rhonchi (wheeze) ACES for
PACES page 265
Squawks ACES for PACES
page266
Pleural rub ACES for PACES
page 266
Legs
Ankle oedema ACES for PACES
page 268
