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12 Cards in this Set
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Vesicular
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Heard over most of both lungs
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Broncho-vesicular
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Often heard in upper lungs anteriorly, and between the scapulae
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Bronchial
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Over the manubrium, if at all
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Tracheal
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In neck, very loud
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Crackles/rales
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Brief, intermittent sounds, indicate lung abnormality (pneumonia, fibrosis, early CHF) or airway disease (bronchitis, bronchiectasis)
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Wheezes
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Continuous, high pitched musical sound, suggest narrowed airways
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Rhonchi
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Low pitches, snoring quality – suggests secretions in large airways
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Whispered pectroliloquy
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Sign of consolidation
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Egophony
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Sign of consolidation
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Gap btw inspiration and expiration indicates
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bronchial breath sounds
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Decreased breath sounds indicates
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decreased airflow, examples:
obstructive disease muscular weakness poor sound transmission (PE, pneumothorax, emphysema) |
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bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds heard distal from their normal locations indicates
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fluid filled or solid lungs
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