Tracheobronchial secretions
Red flags
- Noisy breathing ("death rattle") in a patient not yet recognised as actively dying - confirm the dying phase first, this is not a symptom of the well patient
- Stridor or acute respiratory distress - a different problem (obstruction), not simple pooled secretions
- Family distress out of proportion to patient comfort - the main harm of this symptom is to observers, not necessarily the patient
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