What would you expect to find as you perform palpation, percussion, inspection t

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What would you expect to find as you perform palpation, percussion, inspection techniques on a 45 year old obese female who is a smoker post of laminectomy and is recently extubated with diminish lung sound at the left base, respiration of 22 and shallow, pulse 100%,and lethargic? What would you expect to find as you perform palpation, percussion, inspection techniques on a 45 year old obese female who is a smoker post of laminectomy and is recently extubated with diminish lung sound at the left base, respiration of 22 and shallow, pulse 100%,and lethargic? What would you expect to find as you perform palpation, percussion, inspection techniques on a 45 year old obese female who is a smoker post of laminectomy and is recently extubated with diminish lung sound at the left base, respiration of 22 and shallow, pulse 100%,and lethargic?

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On percussions there will be dull sound on the base of left lung due. To consolidation of lungs due to her habit of smoking the lungs got consolidated and and on palpitations there will be more palpitations with restlessness which may be due to infections occurred after laminectomy or may be due to her smoking reasons

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