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Adventitious Lung Sounds Flashcards

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Crackles

Description and health conditions related

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Fine crackles - High pitched crackling/popping noise heard @ the end of inspiration Coarse crackles (worse than fine crackles) – low pitched gurgling sound during inspiration and expiration

Pneumonia, heart failure, pulmonary edema

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Wheeze

Description and health conditions related

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High pitched musical sound similar to a squeak
Priority: 1. Relieve bronchoconstriction (give short-acting bronchodilator – Albuterol)

Asthma

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Ronchi

Description and health conditions related

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Low pitched, coarse, loud, snoring tone during expiration

Chronic bronchitis

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Pleural friction rub

Description and health conditions related

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Low pitched coarse grating sound during inspiration and expiration

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Stridor

Description and health conditions related

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Harsh high pitched breathing due to obstruction in upper airway *Life-threatening

Aspiration of foreign object, anaphylaxis, epiglottitis

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