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COPD: Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema picture? * Patients may be obese * Frequent cough and expectoration are typical * Use of accessory muscles of respiration is common * Coarse rhonchi and wheezing may be heard on auscultation * Patients may have signs of right heart failure (ie, cor pulmonale), such as edema and cyanosis
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