Medium loudness/medium pitched - answer✔The nurse is auscultating over the bronchovesicular
area of her patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Rales (fine crackles)
Caused by collapsed or fluid filled alveoli opening. - answer✔The nurse auscultates the lungs of
her patient and hears high-pitched, short, and fine crackles upon inspiration that does not clear
with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Course crackles (rales)
Caused by collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli opening. - answer✔The nurse auscultates the lungs of
her patient and hears loud, moist, low-pitched, and bubbling sounds at the end of inspiration that
does not clear with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Wheezing
Caused by blocked airflow as in asthma, infection, or foreign body obstruction. If wheezing is
heard during inspiration, it is more serious. - answer✔The nurse auscultates the lungs of her
patient and hears high-pitched, continuous sounds during inspiration and expiration. What
adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Sonorous Rhonchi
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