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Describe stridor, and what it indicates.
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High-pitched, monophonic, and inspiratory. Indicates extrathoracic obstruction.
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Describe wheeze, and what it indicates.
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High-pitched, polyphonic, and expiratory. Only heard with a stethoscope (except for very advanced disease). Indicates intrathoracic obstruction.
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Describe rhonchi, and what they indicate.
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Coarse crackles that sound like boiling water. Indicate secretions in large airways.
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Describe rales, and what they indicate.
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Fine crackles that sound like hair. Indicate expanding and collapsing alveoli.
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Describe grunting, and what it indicates.
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Exhaling against closed epiglottis. Indicates compensation for collapsing alveoli (increasing expiratory pressure to improve gas exchange).
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What pulmonary condition is diagnosed with a sweat test?
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Cystic fibrosis
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What pulmonary condition can be diagnosed with a urine culture?
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TB
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