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A 50-year-old male presents to clinic with complaints of sudden fever and cough with blood-tinged sputum. He has a history of hypertension and a long history of tobacco use. He is tachycardic and febrile with a temperature of 100.9°F. Physical examination reveals decreased breath sounds and crackles. Xray shows focal consolidation in the right lower lobe and the patient is started on antibiotics. If osteopathic manipulation were to be used, at what vertebral segments should treatment be focused towards?