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Crackles or rales
-Crackling, popping, bubbling
-fluid in bases (not cleared by coughing)
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Rhonchi
-snoring sounds
-caused by fluid, mucous, sometimes a growth (can be cleared by coughing)
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Wheezing
-musical sound with expiration
-narrowed airway (asthma)
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Pleural friction rub
-pleural inflammation
-sounds like leather or balloons rubbing together
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Stridor
-high pitched, crowing sounds
-inspiratory, obstruction or airway closing
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