Lung Sounds Auscultation
Introduction to the lung sounds
Lung sounds are the special type of sounds that are heard/auscultated when the air moves in and out of the respiratory tract.
Basic Lung Sounds
- Vesicular Breathing – Normal
- Crackles – Fine (Rales)
- Coarse – Crackles (Rales)
- Wheeze
- Rhonchi – Low Pitched Wheezes
- Bronchial Breath Sounds
- Pleural Rubs
- Bronchovesicular Lung Sounds
Intermediate Lung Sounds
- Vesicular – Diminished
- Bronchophony – Healthy
- Bronchophony – Abnormal
- Egophony – e
- Egophony – a
- Whispered Pectoriloquy – Healthy
- Whispered Pectoriloquy – Abnormal
- Wheeze – Expiratory
- Wheeze – Monophonic
- Wheeze – Polyphonic
- Crackles – Early Inspiratory (Rales)
- Crackles- Late Inspiratory (Rales)
- Stridor