symptoms and signs
Last reviewed 01/2018
Common symptoms and signs of pneumonia include:
- cough
- fever
- pleuritic chest pain
Features which indicate the severity of the pneumonia include:
- confusion
- respiratory distress
- cyanosis
The classical physical signs of pneumonic lung consolidation are:
- reduced percussion note
- bronchial breathing
- crackles
- whispering pectoriloquy
- pleural friction rub
Septicaemia should be suspected if the patient is cold, clammy and hypotensive.
Sputum production may not be a feature in the acute phase.