Respiratory Sounds - Types of Adventitious Breath Sounds
Types of Adventitious Breath Sounds
Name
Continuous/discontinuous
Frequency/Pitch
Inspiratory/expiratory
Quality
Associated conditions
Example
Wheeze or sibilant rhonchi
continuous
high
expiratory or inspiratory
whistling/sibilant, musical
asthma, many others
Stridor
continuous
high
either, mostly inspiratory
whistling/sibilant, musical
epiglottitis, foreign body etc.
Stridor
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Inspiratory and expiratory stridor in a 13 month child with croup.
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