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#Examine proximal airway. | #Examine proximal airway. | ||
#Examine proximal pulmonary arteries. | #Examine proximal pulmonary arteries. | ||
#*May be done from intralobular fissures<ref>Ali-Ridha, HN. 8 October 2010.</ref> | #*May be done from intralobular fissures.<ref>Ali-Ridha, HN. 8 October 2010.</ref> | ||
#**The large arteries of the right lung is found deep to oblique fissure.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto156>{{Ref HospAuto|156}}</ref> | #**The large arteries of the right lung is found deep to oblique fissure.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto156>{{Ref HospAuto|156}}</ref> | ||
#Slice lungs - one lobe at a time (easier to cut). | #Slice lungs - one lobe at a time (easier to cut). | ||
#Squeeze lungs - to test for the presence of pus and edema fluid.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto156>{{Ref HospAuto|156}}</ref> | #Squeeze lungs - to test for the presence of pus and [[pulmonary edema|edema]] fluid.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto156>{{Ref HospAuto|156}}</ref> | ||
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*Plural [[effusions]]. | *Plural [[effusions]]. | ||
**Types: ''serous'' (clear), ''serosaginous'' (cloudy), ''serofibrinous'' (clotted/webbed), ''purulent'' (yellow). | **Types: ''serous'' (clear), ''serosaginous'' (cloudy), ''serofibrinous'' (clotted/webbed), ''purulent'' (yellow). | ||
*Edema - fluid comes-out when you squeeze 'em, "heavy" (large mass). | *[[Pulmonary edema|Edema]] - fluid comes-out when you squeeze 'em, "heavy" (large mass). | ||
*Emphysematous change (usu. upper lung zone predominant) +/- black pigment (anthracosis). | *[[emphysema|Emphysematous change]] (usu. upper lung zone predominant) +/- black pigment (anthracosis). | ||
*Consolidation - best appreciated by running a finger over the cut surface of the lung with a small-to-moderate amount of pressure. | *Consolidation - best appreciated by running a finger over the cut surface of the lung with a small-to-moderate amount of pressure; often [[pneumonia]]. | ||
*Atelectasis - depressed red areas.<ref>{{Ref AoGP|90}}</ref> | *Atelectasis - depressed red areas.<ref>{{Ref AoGP|90}}</ref> | ||