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    Respiratory Auscultation

    Abnormal conditions


    Lobar Pneumonia

    Note the bronchial breath sounds and end-inspiratory crackles in the recording:




    Pulmonary Edema

    Note the fine crackles heard in this recording from a patient with pulmonary edema.

    These sounds represent fluid in the alveoli.




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    Comments 19 Comments
    1. physiostudent's Avatar
      Greatly informative and takes you through the basics brilliantly.Cheersphysiostudent
    1. Christine's Avatar
      Brilliant. Studying pulmonary auscultation for a uni assignment. Great work
    1. Natasha's Avatar
      thanks for the informative article.It tackles the nuances of resp auscultation in a very lucid manner.Good for beginners
    1. Manju CA, RN's Avatar
      Excellent.It is a very good article for nurses to know about various Lung sounds.
    1. Mary's Avatar
      Wow, this is my dream come true... I want more auscultation explanations!
    1. Che's Avatar
      Recommended site for identifying lung sounds. Thumbs up!
    1. Popcorn's Avatar
      Super Thank you!
    1. majid zakir's Avatar
      awesome...big help.
    1. pgv's Avatar
      thanx you very much,it's a great work.
    1. Paras bhardwaj's Avatar
      Thank you,Breath sounds explained here are really helpful.
    1. Luci's Avatar
      I find it incredibly difficult to distinguish between all of the above, so this was really helpful, thank you
    1. Mark's Avatar
      Daria loves this site and all articles
    1. Lew's Avatar
      Thanks for all the audio clips in this article. Best I have heard on the internet.
    1. ANIRUDDHA LAHA's Avatar
      THANKS for giving me such nice audio clips.
    1. Subhashini's Avatar
      Thanks for this wealth of information on breath sounds!
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Thank you - nurse working in minor illness - different doctors can use different terms for the same thing - was getting confusing! Great to have some clarity! Very helpful.
    1. klvn26's Avatar
      Thank you Sir for the explanations and sound clips..i still find it tough to differentiate them though...hopefully will be able to do so with experience, will work on it ^^
    1. Unregistered's Avatar
      Really great..
    1. Aneurysm's Avatar
      What I love the most in your explanation is the attention to detail. You know what mistakes we commonly do as undergraduates and have focused on that... not many people write with this clarity. Please do write on more such topics. Thanks!
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