What’s the best way to elicit PICs?
By following these steps :
1. Have the patient sit in bed upright for 3 minutes.
2. Listen over the eighth, ninth, and tenth interspaces along the posterior axillary line. Listen for crackles during at least five consecutive breaths. Pay special attention to late inspiration. Make sure that each breath starts from residual volume and ends in total lung capacity.
3. Have the patient assume a supine position, maintaining it for 3 minutes.
4. Listen again by using the same method outlined in step 2.
5. Have the patient elevate both legs passively at an angle of 30 degrees for 3 minutes.
6. Listen again by using the same method outlined in step 2.
By following these steps :
1. Have the patient sit in bed upright for 3 minutes.
2. Listen over the eighth, ninth, and tenth interspaces along the posterior axillary line. Listen for crackles during at least five consecutive breaths. Pay special attention to late inspiration. Make sure that each breath starts from residual volume and ends in total lung capacity.
3. Have the patient assume a supine position, maintaining it for 3 minutes.
4. Listen again by using the same method outlined in step 2.
5. Have the patient elevate both legs passively at an angle of 30 degrees for 3 minutes.
6. Listen again by using the same method outlined in step 2.