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Finger clubbing is observed during a physical examination in approximately two thirds of the patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Fine inspiratory crackles "Velcro-like" crackles heard on auscultation at the lung bases more pronounced during inspiration are a classic and a halmark finding. In advanced stages, patients may exhibit cyanosis of the skin and mucous membranes [...]
