🫁 Lung Sounds Flashcards
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Rales/Crackles- Small, popping lung sounds heard during inhalation, often indicating fluid in the airways.
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Rhonchi - Low-pitched, snoring or gurgling lung sounds heard during expiration, indicating mucus or obstructions in the larger airways.
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Wheezing - High-pitched, whistling lung sounds heard during breathing, indicating tight airways.
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Stridor - A high-pitched, harsh sound heard during inhalation, indicating an obstruction in the upper airway.
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Common Causes of Wheezing
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- Asthma
- COPD
- Anaphylaxis
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Most Common Cause of Rhonchi
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Pneumonia
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Most Common Cause of Rales/Crackles
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Congestive Heart Failure
(Pulmonary Adema)
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Five Causes of Stridor
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- Croup (Upper aireway infection, in children)
- Epiglottitis (Inflammation of the Epiglottis)
- Foreign Object (Choke)
- Inhalation Burn (Inflammation from smoke or chemicals)
- Anaphylaxis (Allergic Reaction)
