Chest percussion

Chest percussion.

The direct method of chest percussion, first described by Auenbrugger but disseminated by Corvisart, has rapidly been replaced by the indirect or digitodigital method. Chest percussion has not been evaluated by modern acoustic means, so that our present knowledge of the method does not consistently differ from the 19th century approach. Auscultatory percussion is not superior to conventional pe...

Percussion of the Chest

Clavicle tapping and auscultation as an alternative to chest percussion when performing thoracocentesis.

I read with interest the article “Limited Utility of Chest Radiograph After Thoracentesis” by Petersen and Zimmerman in a recent issue of CHEST (April 2000).1 Although I agree that performing a routine chest radiograph following a thoracentesis is needless in most patients, I was surprised by the number of pneumothoraces that occurred during the performance of thoracentesis, because, in my hand...

Postoperative chest percussion with postural drainage in obese patients following gastric stapling.

Vigorous respiratory therapy can prevent the development of postoperative pulmonary complications which occur with increased frequency after upper abdominal surgery. Obesity poses an additional risk factor. To study the effects of postoperative chest percussion with postural drainage (CPT), 53 consecutive patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric stapling procedures for treatment of morbid obesity ...

Cranial percussion.

Percussion of the skull dates from a time when there were virtually no radiological methods for examining the skull and brain. Three apparently independent contributions appeared within the years 1893-1895. The sound elicited, tenderness, and auscultatory percussion have each been employed for diagnostic purposes, but have long been superseded.