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Ask the patient to undress to the waist and examine the chest in a methodical way: inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.

Tip: in isolation, a particular finding (e.g. percussion note or breath sound) is often difficult to call as normal or abnormal. Difference is much easier to detect. Remember: the only reason we have two lungs is to allow doctors to compare one side with the other. Make full use of that fact on examination of the chest.