Respiratory examination & the chest X-ray
The respiratory station rewards a clean inspect–palpate–percuss–auscultate routine and the ability to slot your findings into the consolidation/effusion/pneumothorax grid. Master the bedside signs here, then pressure-test them against the film: an interactive chest-X-ray reader sits at the very bottom of this page — open it once you can name a pattern from the bedside alone.
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