Physical exam evidence

Hey team:

We discussed the evidence for examining for airway obstruction today.  Check out the Tangents blog post on this.

This week we also talked about the JAMA paper on deciding whether a patient is ECF volume contracted.  Here is the key article from JAMA 1999.  Note that the findinmg of postural dizziness and increase in HR>30 is only sensitive to hypovolemia from blood loss.

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