Your patient is a 69 yr old man admitted to the hospital wit…
Your patient is a 69 yr old man admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath. He has had a dry cough for 2 weeks which has increase to productive the last two days. Upon arrival to the hospital, his SpO2 level was 85% and his RR was 28 breaths per minute at rest. They immediately placed him on 2L O2 via nasal cannula and his SpO2 improved to 96% and RR decreased to 20 breaths per minute. Upon auscultation of the patient you may hear all of the following except:
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