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Auscultation skills : breath & heart sounds.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2014].Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xi, 239 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781451189995 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Preceded by (work): Auscultation skills.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.07544 23
  • 616.07544
Contents:
The heart and auscultation -- Heart sound dynamics -- The first heart sound -- The second heart sound -- The third and fourth heart sounds -- Other diastolic and systolic sounds -- Murmur fundamentals -- Systolic murmurs -- Diastolic murmurs -- Continuous murmurs -- Other auscultatory sounds -- The respiratory system and auscultation -- Introduction to breath sounds -- Breath sounds heard in healthy individuals -- Bronchial breath sounds -- Abnormal voice sounds -- Absent and diminished breath sounds -- Classifying adventitious sounds -- Adventitious sounds : crackles -- Adventitious sounds : wheezes.
Summary: This resource offers comprehensive coverage of simple and complex breath and heart sounds and explains fundamentals including anatomy, physiology, best auscultation locations, tips for identifying each sound, and documentation pointers.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.

The heart and auscultation -- Heart sound dynamics -- The first heart sound -- The second heart sound -- The third and fourth heart sounds -- Other diastolic and systolic sounds -- Murmur fundamentals -- Systolic murmurs -- Diastolic murmurs -- Continuous murmurs -- Other auscultatory sounds -- The respiratory system and auscultation -- Introduction to breath sounds -- Breath sounds heard in healthy individuals -- Bronchial breath sounds -- Abnormal voice sounds -- Absent and diminished breath sounds -- Classifying adventitious sounds -- Adventitious sounds : crackles -- Adventitious sounds : wheezes.

This resource offers comprehensive coverage of simple and complex breath and heart sounds and explains fundamentals including anatomy, physiology, best auscultation locations, tips for identifying each sound, and documentation pointers.

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