Respiratory sounds

ICD-10	R06
ICD-9	786.7
MeSH	D012135

Respiratory sounds (or breath sounds) refer to the specific sounds identified through auscultation of the respiratory system^[1] with a stethoscope.

In this context, "adventitious sounds" refers to sounds heard apart from the normal sounds of inspiration and expiration.^[2]

[edit] Types of adventitious breath sounds

Name	Continuous/discontinuous	Inspiratory/expiratory	Associated conditions
Wheeze	continuous	expiratory	asthma, many others
Stridor	continuous	inspiratory	epiglottitis, foreign body etc
Rhonchi	continuous	expiratory	bronchitis
Inspiratory gasp	continuous	inspiratory	whooping cough
Rales, crackles or crepitations	discontinuous	inspiratory
Hamman's sign (or Mediastinal crunch)	discontinuous	neither (heartbeat)	pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• R.A.L.E. Repository - sound files of breath sounds
• Wilkins R, Dexter J, Smith J (1984). "Survey of adventitious lung sound terminology in case reports". Chest 85 (4): 523–5. doi:10.1378/chest.85.4.523. PMID 6705583. 

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