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.
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