Percussion and Auscultation Sounds
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Tympany, Resonance, Hyperresonance, dullness, flatness, vesicular, crackles, wheezes, and absent sounds
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High Pitch, Soft intensity
Liver
Dullness
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High Pitch
Loud Intensity
air filled stomach
tympany
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very low pitch
very loud intensity
emphysema
Hyperresonance
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low pitch
moderate intensity
normal long tissue
resonance
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very high pitch
very soft intensity
muscle or bone
flatness
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soft, low-pitched
if absent —> consolidation or effusion
Vesicular
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fluid, pneumonia, or heart failure
normally absent
Crackles
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Normally absent
if present indicate airway narrowing or asthma
Wheezes
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Pneumothorax or severe obstruction
normally not present
Absent Sounds
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