Similarly, bronchophony and egophony are taught to PA students to help find lung consolidations or effusions while bedside ultrasound has proven to be superior at detecting lung pathology ...

T 38.4, HR 89, RR 32, BP 100/65, 02 sat 86% on room air. Exam reveals diminished breath sounds and positive egophony over the right lung base. WBC is 16,000 and BUN 22. Chest x-ray reveals right lower ...

Clinical signs include fever or hypothermia, dullness to percussion, increased tactile and vocal fremitus, egophony, crackles, whispering pectoriloquy and pleural friction rub. Tachypnea > 25/min ...

Hearing an increased intensity of sounds suggests consolidation; a decreased intensity suggests pleural effusion; Listen for egophony (see discussion above). A change to a goat-like "a" sound ...

Listen for egophony, bronchophony, and whisper pectoriloquy. These may be more sensitive for posterior mediastinal lymphadenopathy than the change in breath sounds. If d'Espine's sign is present ...

Physical examination reveals only crackles and egophony in the right lower lung field. The white-cell count is 14,000 per cubic millimeter, and the results of routine chemical tests are normal.