To distinguish crackles from rhonchi, you should auscultate the lungs:
a. before and after the patient coughs.
b. first at the lung base and then at the apex.
c. with the patient inhaling and then exhal-ing.
d. with the patient recumbent and then sit-ting.
A
To distinguish between crackles and rhonchi, ask the patient to cough and auscultate again over the same area. Because they reflect secretions in larger airways, rhonchi can clear with coughing.
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