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Lung sounds
Term | Definition |
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Bronchial/Tubular-Normal | Harsh Loud High Pitched--Trachea |
Bronchi-Vesucular-Normal | Moderate pitch Blowing--scapulae or 1st and 2nd ICS |
Vesicular-Normal | Low pitched soft or breezy and sighing--Peripheral Lung Fields |
Crackles/Rales-Abnormal | Popping sounds moving through fluids fine or course |
Gurgles or Rhonchi-Abnormal | Air flow through narrow space caused be fluid or tumor |
Wheezing-Abnormal | Musical sounds caused by swollen or constricted airways-Abnormal |
Pleural Friction Rub-Abnormal | Rubbing of inflamed pleural surfaces |
Stridor-Abnormal | Piercing high pitched sound heard on inspiration |
Stertor-Abnormal | Death Rattle Labored breathing producing snoring sound |
Diminished Lung sounds-Abnormal | Poor air flow |
Grunting (COPD)-Abnormal | High pitched sounds heard on expiration due to air being trapped in the lungs |
Misplaced lung sounds-Abnormal | Normal sounds heard in abnormal spaces |