Bronchophony - Abnormal | Auscultation Cheat Sheet with Sounds & Video | #152
Ask the patient to say '99' several times while auscultating the chest walls. Over consolidated areas '99' is understandable. This is because acoustic filtering is reduced in consolidated lung tissue, which allows better sound transmission. Compare this breath sound to the recording in the Bronchophony - Healthy lesson.Patient Sounds
![patient heart or lung sound](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/images/auscPosition-Post2L.png)
![Bronchophony - Abnormal](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/sounds/waveforms203/6012.png)
Half Speed Patient Sounds
![patient heart or lung sound](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/images/auscPosition-Post2L.png)
![Bronchophony - Abnormal](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/sounds/waveforms203/6012.png)
Technique
![Patient position](https://mededu.azureedge.net/public/images/Sitting.png)
The patient's position should be sitting.
Auscultation Tips
Features:Ask patient to say "99" several times. Auscultate chest walls. Over consolidated areas "99" is understandable. For example, pneumonia in the upper lobes, both posterior and anterior. Compare to the Bronchophony - Healthy recordingSound Wave
Authors and Sources
Authors and Reviewers
- ECG heart rhythm modules: Thomas O'Brien.
- ECG monitor simulation developer: Steve Collmann
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12 Lead Course: Dr. Michael Mazzini, MD.
- Spanish language ECG: Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
- Medical review: Dr. Jonathan Keroes, MD
- Medical review: Dr. Pedro Azevedo, MD, Cardiology
- Last Update: 11/8/2021
Sources
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Electrocardiography for Healthcare Professionals, 6th Edition
Kathryn Booth and Thomas O'Brien
ISBN10: 1265013470, ISBN13: 9781265013479
McGraw Hill, 2023 -
Rapid Interpretation of EKG's, Sixth Edition
Dale Dublin
Cover Publishing Company -
EKG Reference Guide
EKG.Academy -
12 Lead EKG for Nurses: Simple Steps to Interpret Rhythms, Arrhythmias, Blocks, Hypertrophy, Infarcts, & Cardiac Drugs
Aaron Reed
Create Space Independent Publishing -
Heart Sounds and Murmurs: A Practical Guide with Audio CD-ROM 3rd Edition
Elsevier-Health Sciences Division
Barbara A. Erickson, PhD, RN, CCRN -
The Virtual Cardiac Patient: A Multimedia Guide to Heart Sounds, Murmurs, EKG
Jonathan Keroes, David Lieberman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkin)
ISBN-10: 0781784425; ISBN-13: 978-0781784429 - Project Semilla, UCLA Emergency Medicine, EKG Training Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH
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ECG Reference Guide
PracticalClinicalSkills.com
Bronchophony - Abnormal | Auscultation Cheat Sheet with Sounds & Video | #152