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    This document describes normal and adventitious breath sounds, including their duration, intensity, pitch, and locations in the lungs where they are heard. It also summarizes the percussion findings and breath sounds heard in various common pulmonary conditions such as lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, atelectasis, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, COPD, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. Key breath sounds include vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial, and tracheal sounds normally heard in different areas of the lungs. Adventitious sounds include crackles, wheezes, and rhonchi.

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    This document describes normal and adventitious breath sounds, including their duration, intensity, pitch, and locations in the lungs where they are heard. It also summarizes the percussion findings and breath sounds heard in various common pulmonary conditions such as lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, atelectasis, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, COPD, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. Key breath sounds include vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial, and tracheal sounds normally heard in different areas of the lungs. Adventitious sounds include crackles, wheezes, and rhonchi.

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    This document describes normal and adventitious breath sounds, including their duration, intensity, pitch, and locations in the lungs where they are heard. It also summarizes the percussion findings and breath sounds heard in various common pulmonary conditions such as lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, atelectasis, pleural effusion, pneumothorax, COPD, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. Key breath sounds include vesicular, bronchovesicular, bronchial, and tracheal sounds normally heard in different areas of the lungs. Adventitious sounds include crackles, wheezes, and rhonchi.

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    Normal Breath Sounds Vesicular Bronchovesicular Bronchial Tracheal

    Duration Insp > exp Insp = exp Insp < exp Insp = exp

    Intensity/Pitch of Expiratory Sound Soft/low Med/med Loud/high Very loud/high

    Locations Most of lungs 1 & 2 interspaces; interscapular Manubrium; in lobar pneumonia Over trachea
    st nd

    Adventitious Breath Sounds Crackles/Rales Discontinuous Intermittent, non-musical, brief Like dots in time Fine crackles: soft, high-pitched, brief Coarse crackles: louder, lower in pitch Wheezes/Rhonchi Continuous More than 250 msec, prolonged, musical Like dashes in time Rhonchi: low-pitched w/snoring quality

    Condition Chronic bronchitis

    Trachea Midline

    Percussion Resonant

    Breath sounds Normal

    Transmitted sounds Normal

    Early LHF

    Midline

    Resonant

    Normal

    Normal

    Consolidation (lobar pneumonia, pulm edema, pulm hemorrhage) Atelectasis (lobar) Large pleural effusion Pneumothorax COPD

    Midline

    Dull

    Bronchial

    Increased

    Adventitious sounds None or wheezes, rhonchi, crackles Late inspiratory crackles on lower lungs, wheezes Late inspiratory crackles

    TOWARD side AWAY AWAY Midline

    Dull Dull Hyperresonant or tympanic Hyperresonant

    Absent Decreased or absent Decreased or absent Decreased or absent Can be obscured by wheezes

    Absent Decreased or absent Decreased or absent Decreased

    None None or pleural rub Pleural rub None unless bronchitis is also present Wheezes, crackles

    Asthma

    Midline

    Resonant to hyperresonant

    Decreased

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