Your Older Clinic Patient Is Being Seen Today as a Follow-Up

Multiple Choice

Your older clinic patient is being seen today as a follow-up for a 2-day history of pneumonia. The patient continues to have a productive cough, shortness of breath, and lethargy and has been spending most of the day lying in bed. You should begin the chest examination by

A) percussing all lung fields.
B) auscultating the lung bases.
C) determining tactile fremitus.
D) estimating diaphragmatic excursion.
E) auscultating the apices.