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Learn how to listen to Lung sounds

Posted on November 26, 2015 at 01:19 by Wilhelmus Rooms / 0

Learn how to listen to Lung sounds:

Basics of Lung Sounds

1	Vesicular – Normal
2	Crackles – Fine (Rales)
3	Crackles – Coarse (Rales)
4	Wheeze
5	Rhonchi – Low Pitched Wheezes
6	Bronchial
7	Pleural Rubs
8	Bronchovesicular

Intermediate Lung Sounds

1	Vesicular – Diminished
2	Bronchophony – Healthy
3	Bronchophony – Abnormal
4	Egophony – e
5	Egophony – a
6	Whispered Pectoriloquy – Healthy
7	Whispered Pectoriloquy – Abnormal
8	Wheeze – Expiratory
9	Wheeze – Monophonic
10	Wheeze – Polyphonic
11	Crackles – Early Inspiratory (Rales)
12	Crackles – Late Inspiratory (Rales)
13	Stridor

Click on this link for more education:

http://www.easyauscultation.com/lung-sounds.aspx

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