Fichas
Lung sounds
Fichas del conjunto (8)
- 1Loud. Tubular. Inspiration is shorter With slight pause in between inspiration/exhalation. Abnormal sounds over distal airways.Tracheal/bronchial (normal breathing)
- 2High pitch/breezy over distal airways. Inspiration is longer than expiration with no pause.Vesicular (normal breathing)
- 3Continuous abnormal sounds during inspiration/expirationAdventitious (abnormal breathing)
- 4High-pitched popping sound usually during inspirationCrackles (rales)
(abnormal breathing)
Common with obstructive/restrictive lung disease - 5Dry. Crackling during inspiration and expiration.Pleural friction rub (abnormal breathing)
- 6Continuous low-pitch sound during inspiration and expiration. "snoring" "Gurgling"Rhonchi (abnormal breathing)
- 7Continuous high-pitched wheezing during inspiration and expiration.Stridor (abnormal breathing)
- 8Variable pitch and when it occurs. Whistling sound.Wheezing (abnormal breathing)