Lung sounds

Question	Answer
Loud. Tubular. Inspiration is shorter With slight pause in between inspiration/exhalation. Abnormal sounds over distal airways.	Tracheal/bronchial (normal breathing)
High pitch/breezy over distal airways. Inspiration is longer than expiration with no pause.	Vesicular (normal breathing)
Continuous abnormal sounds during inspiration/expiration	Adventitious (abnormal breathing)
High-pitched popping sound usually during inspiration	Crackles (rales) (abnormal breathing) Common with obstructive/restrictive lung disease
Dry. Crackling during inspiration and expiration.	Pleural friction rub (abnormal breathing)
Continuous low-pitch sound during inspiration and expiration. "snoring" "Gurgling"	Rhonchi (abnormal breathing)
Continuous high-pitched wheezing during inspiration and expiration.	Stridor (abnormal breathing)
Variable pitch and when it occurs. Whistling sound.	Wheezing (abnormal breathing)

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	Created by Justin Lao over 5 years ago