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Bronchial sounds like
loud, harsh, high pitchese
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Bronchial heard
over trachea, bronchi
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Bronchiovesicular sounds like
blowing, moderate intensity & pitch
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Bronchovesicular heard
over large ariways, either side of sternum, btwen scapulae
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Vesicular sounds like
Soft, breezy, low pitched
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Vesicular heard
over periopheral lung areas, esp base of lungs
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Crackles sound like
popping, cracking, wet
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Crackles best heard
on inspiration
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Crackles indicated
pneumonia, pul edema, pul fibrosis
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Rhonchi sound like
rumbing
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Rhonchi best heard on
expiration
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RHonchi indicate
pneumonia, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis
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Wheezes sound like
high pitched, musical
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Wheezes heard on
both insp and expiration
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Wheezes loudest on what part of breath cycle
expiration
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Wheezes indicate
emphysema, asthma, foreign bodies
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Pleural friction rub sounds like
dry, grating
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Pleural friction rub heard on
both insp & expiration
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Pleural friction rub indicates
pleurisy, pleural infarcy, pneumonia
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