A student nurse is working with a patient who has asthma . The primary nurse tells the student that wheezes can be heard on auscultation. The student expects to hear:
a. coarse crackles and bubbling.
b. high-pitched musical sounds.
c. dry, grating noises.
d. loud, low-pitched rumbling.
B
Wheezes are high-pitched, continuous, musical sounds like a squeak heard continuously during inspiration or expiration; they are usually louder on expiration. Coarse crackles and bubbling are not descriptive of wheezes. Dry, grating noises are heard with a pleural friction rub. Loud, low-pitched rumbling is characteristic of rhonchi.
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