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    The document describes different types of normal and abnormal breath sounds that can be heard using a stethoscope. Normal breath sounds include bronchial, bronchovesicular, and vesicular sounds of varying pitch and loudness depending on location in the lungs. Abnormal sounds include wheezes, stridors, crackles, rhonchi, and pleural friction rubs. Wheezes are high-pitched whistles heard on exhalation across the lungs. Stridors are high-pitched inspiratory sounds in the throat indicating airway obstruction. Crackles can be fine or coarse bubbly sounds. Rhonchi and pleural friction rubs produce low-pitched rattling or grinding sounds.

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    The document describes different types of normal and abnormal breath sounds that can be heard using a stethoscope. Normal breath sounds include bronchial, bronchovesicular, and vesicular sounds of varying pitch and loudness depending on location in the lungs. Abnormal sounds include wheezes, stridors, crackles, rhonchi, and pleural friction rubs. Wheezes are high-pitched whistles heard on exhalation across the lungs. Stridors are high-pitched inspiratory sounds in the throat indicating airway obstruction. Crackles can be fine or coarse bubbly sounds. Rhonchi and pleural friction rubs produce low-pitched rattling or grinding sounds.

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    The document describes different types of normal and abnormal breath sounds that can be heard using a stethoscope. Normal breath sounds include bronchial, bronchovesicular, and vesicular sounds of varying pitch and loudness depending on location in the lungs. Abnormal sounds include wheezes, stridors, crackles, rhonchi, and pleural friction rubs. Wheezes are high-pitched whistles heard on exhalation across the lungs. Stridors are high-pitched inspiratory sounds in the throat indicating airway obstruction. Crackles can be fine or coarse bubbly sounds. Rhonchi and pleural friction rubs produce low-pitched rattling or grinding sounds.

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    DIFFERENT BREATH SOUNDS

    NORMAL BREATH SOUNDS:

    BRONCHIAL – It may hear over the tracheal area and the sound have a high pitch and be loud

    BRONCHOVESICULAR – Heard over the bronchi and the sound have a medium pitch

    VESICULAR – Heard throughout peripheral lung fields and the sound is soft with a low pitch

    ABNORMAL LUNG SOUNDS:

    WHEEZES (WHISTLE) – High pitched “MUSICAL FLUTE”, Location: Entire Lung and its heard mainly on
    EXHALATION

    STRIDOR (SERIOUS SQUEAK) – Gasping sound with harsh sound quality it may be seen in children with
    conditions such as croup or epiglottitis or anyone with an airway obstruction (It requires medical
    treatment) High pitched harsh INSPIRATORY whistle, Location: Throat region (during inhalation)

    CRACKLES (CRAZY FLUID) – Liquidly bubbling or crackling

    Fine crackles – High Pitched, crackling sound and it similar to a fire crackling

    Coarse crackles – Low pitched (Velcro pulled apart)

    RHONCHI (RUMBLE) – Low pitched rattling or rumbling sound

    PLEURAL FRICTION RUB (PEBBLES FRICTION)– Low pitched, harsh/grating sound or Dry rubbing (like 2
    rocks grinding)

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