Auscultation noises Flashcards
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Bronchial Breath Sounds
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- These are normal breath sounds
- Can be heard at the Trachea, right sternoclavicular joints and the posterior right interscapular space
- These sounds are loud in comparison to other normal breath sounds.
2
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Crackles (coarse)
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- Also known as crepitations
- Not continuous
- More commonly heard on inspiration
- Occur in the bronchioles
- May clear or change with coughing
3
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Crackles (fine)
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- Also known as Rales
- Not continuous
- Mostly occur on inspiration
- Occur in the alveoli
- Will not clear with coughing
4
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Diminished breath sounds
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- A soft, decreased, or distant vesicular lung sound
- Common in patients with poor respiratory effort
5
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Wheezing
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- A high-pitched musical sound
- Continuous
- More common to be heard on expiration though can be heard on inspiration or on both
- Indicative of a lower airway obstruction
- Wheeze on it’s on is not an indicator of severity of ill
6
Q
Pleural Rub
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Sounds a bit like the sound of walking on fresh
snow
More common on expiration
7
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Ronchi
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- Continuous
- Can be inspiratory or expiratory
- Ratting sounds that resemble snoring
- Low pitched
- Can be heard in children and young people with
8
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Stridor
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- Musical sound
- More common on inspiration though can be biphasic
- Indicative of upper airway obstruction
9
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Vesicular breath sounds
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- These are normal breathing sounds which can be heard over lung tissue.
- The sounds are soft and rustling
10
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Grunting
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- Pre- morbid sign
- Grunting is an expiratory sound caused by sudden closure of the glottis during expiration in an attempt to
maintain functional residual capacity. - Lung compliance is worse at very low or very high functional residual capacity and so achieving and
maintaining physiologic functional residual capacity is essential in the management of respiratory
disorders which have poor lung compliance.
