adventitious lung sounds

Fine crackles/ rales

Occurance: End of inspiration and doesn't clear with a cough

Quality: High pitch, short, crackling (twisting hair by your ear)

Cause: Collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli open

course crackles/ rales

Occurance: does not clear with a cough. Inspiration and expiration

Quality: Loud, moist, low-pitched, bubbling (velcro)

atelactatic crackles

fine crackles but do not last, not indications disease.

pleural friction rub

Occurance: Inhalation/exhalation

Quality: Low-pitch grating rubbing

Causes: Pleural inflamation

continuous sounds

connected, musical sounds

High pitch wheeze

high pitched, musical squeaking sound. Air squeezed or compressed through most passageways narrowed almost to closure by collapsing, swlling etc. Mostly in expiration

Low pitch wheeze

single note, musical snoring, heart throughout cycle, more prominent of expiration. Airflow obstruction

Stridor

Occurance: Inspiration

Quality: Loud, high-pitched crowing heard without a stethoscope

Causes: Obstructed upper airway (anaphylaxis)

adventitious sounds

Additional sounds that are not normally heard in the lungs.

-Crackles --Wheeze

-Rhonchi

atelactasis

collapsed or shrunken section of alveoli, or an entire lung

pneumonia

An inflammation of lung tissue, wherer the alveoli in the affected areas fill w/fluid

emphysema

a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.

asthma

an inflammatory condition in which the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles become narrowed, causing difficulty breathing

Pleural effusion

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space

pneumothorax

air in the pleural cavity caused by a puncture of the lung or chest wall

what does sputum that's blood tinged & frothy indicate?

pulmonary edema

what does sputum that's rust colour indicate?

tuberculosis

Ronchi (sonorous wheeze)

Occurance: Expiration/Inspiration. Change or disappears with a cough

Quality: Low-pitched, continuous, snoring, rattling

Cause: Fluid-blocked airways