Respiratory sounds
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Respiratory sounds, also known as lung sounds or breath sounds, are the specific sounds generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system.[1] These may be easily audible or identified through auscultation of the respiratory system through the lung fields with a stethoscope as well as from the spectral characteristics of lung sounds.[2] These include normal breath sounds and added sounds such as crackles, wheezes, pleural friction rubs, stertor, and stridor.
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Other names | Breath sounds, lung sounds |
Specialty | Respirology |
Description and classification of the sounds usually involve auscultation of the inspiratory and expiratory phases of the breath cycle, noting both the pitch (typically described as low (≤200 Hz), medium or high (≥400 Hz)) and intensity (soft, medium, loud or very loud) of the sounds heard.[3]