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What age does bronchiolitis occur? - most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2 main symptom of bronchiolitis - wheezing-lasts about 7 days most common cause of bronchiolitis - RSV Treatment for bronchiolitis - No specific treatment Order of lung exam - inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Pectus Excavatum - congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave appearance of lower sternum Pectus carinatum - at birth -post CABG mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt -convex deformity -97% have MVP Barrel Chest - associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation -accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening Tactile fremitus - palpable vibrations of the bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3)-impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax -increased in consolidation and PNA percussion: flatness - (thigh) Large Pleural effusion Percussion- dullness - (liver) Lobar PNA Percussion: resonance - (Lung) simple chronic bronchitis Percussion: hyperresonance - None -emphysema, pneumothorax Percussion: tympany - (gastric bubble) -large p