Concept of Oxygenation
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high pitched & usually loud, heard over the trachea Inspiration/expiration are equal
Bronchial
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center of chest softer tubular quality
Bronchovesicular
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heard over the thorax, lower pitched and softer than bronchial breathing.
Vesicular
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Small clicking, bubbling, or rattling sounds in the lungs. End of inspiration, alveoli, discontinuous
Rales
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low pitched can often clear with cough, COPD
Rhonchi
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High-pitched sounds continuous produced by secretions and/or narrowed airways heard often on expiration
Wheeze
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Inflammation, irritation with symmetrical inspiration and expiration, leather creaking sound, localized, no change with cough
Pleural Rub