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Vesicular   inspiratory sound is longer than expiratory; heard over most of both lungs  
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Bronchovesicular   equal inspiratory and expiratory sounds; 1st and 2nd intercostals anteriorly and btw scapulae  
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Bronchial   expiratory sound is longer than inspiratory; heard over manubrium  
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Tracheal   equal inspiratory and expiratory sounds; LOUD; heard over trachea in neck  
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Bronchophony   loud and clear when pt w/consolidated lung says "99"  
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Whispered pectoriloquy   pt w/consolidated lung whispers "99" and you can hear it louder thru stethoscope  
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Egophony   consolidated lung changes the sound of "EE" to "AY"  
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Vocal fremitus   sound vibrations are reduced in pneumothorax  
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Vocal resonance   auscultate and sounds are louder in consolidated lung  
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Stridor   high pitched inspiratory sound thru obstructed glottis; a/w croup in children  
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Crepitus   subcutaneous crunching feeling d/t air that has leaked into subcutaneous tissue from chest tube or trauma; heard on auscultation too (sometimes mediastinal)  
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Dullness to percussion   "tapping on stone" - pleural effusion, pleural fibrosis; "tapping on dry wall" - densely consolidated lung  
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Consolidated pneumonic lung   wet rales, bronchial breathing, dullness on percussion, inc vocal resonance & fremitus, bronchophony, egophony, WP  
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Pleural effusion, Pleural fibrosis or thickening   dec breath sounds, stony dullness on percussion, reduced vocal resonance & fremitus  
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Lung collapse   dec breath sounds, no bronchial sounds, dullness to percussion possibly present, dec vocal resonance and fremitus  
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Pneumothorax   no breath sounds, dec vocal fremitus & resonance, tympanic note on percussion, dec chest expansion  
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