What term should be used in the nurse's documentation to describe auscultation of breath sounds that are short, popping, and discontinuous on inspiration?
a. Pleural friction rub
b. Bronchovesicular sounds
c. Crackles
d. Wheeze
C
Crackles are short, popping, discontinuous sounds heard on inspiration. A pleural friction rub has a grating, coarse, low-pitched sound. Bronchovesicular sounds are auscultated over mainstem bronchi. They are clear, without any adventitious sounds. Wheezes are musical, high-pitched, predominant sounds heard on expiration.
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