, 10/26/24, 4:21 PM 2024/NU 650 Final Exam SG |2024-2025 UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT MOST-TESTED QUESTIONS AND VER…
high-pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during
Wheezes
inspiration or expiration
snoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation
Rhonchi
of the chest during respiration-low pitched
• INCREASED FREMITUS
- Means there is liquid or solid inside the lungs
(consolidation such as with pneumonia)
- Remember Liquid or solid transmits vibrations
tactile fremitus better than air
• DECREASED FREMITUS
Means air trapping such as with emphysema or
bronchial obstruction.
the spoken voice sound heard through the
stethoscope, which sounds soft, muffled, and
Bronchophony
indistinct over normal lung tissue, clearer over
disease
abnormal change in tone of voice that is heard
Egophony
when auscultating the lungs EE-->AA
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