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       Lung Sounds
   DIR By: Leslie Myers
       Date: February 15, 2012, 1:24 pm
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       Questions...
       When we listen for lung sounds when will we do this?  How many
       times throughout the patient assessment?
       Where are you going to listen and when?
       What exactly are we listening for?
       What are the terms we use for the different lung sounds we hear?
       And can they be associated with anything in particular?
       #Post#: 208--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Lung Sounds
   DIR By: mikekennedy
       Date: February 17, 2012, 8:39 pm
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       lung sounds should be listened for during initial vital signs,
       after that they should be assessed with each set of vital signs,
       after any breathing treatment, or if audible change is detected,
       as a basic the locations to listen would be the apexs and flanks
       of each side, we are listening for rales, rhonci,
       wheezes,stridor etc.....all of these sounds are associated with
       a certain disorder. for example wheezes is a good indicator or
       an asmatic and stridor is an indicator of airway obstruction
       #Post#: 222--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Lung Sounds
   DIR By: 04251704
       Date: February 20, 2012, 7:55 pm
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       You would listen to lung sounds during initial assessment then
       again after any change in breathing or after the administration
       of oxygen or any breathing treatment (inhaler or nebulizer) to
       see if the treatment or oxygen improved the condition or not.
       I would listen to all four quadrants and on the patients
       anterior and posterior sides.
       I would listen for any lung sounds and if the patient was
       getting adequent air exchange withint the lungs.
       Wheezing could be caused by asthma, emphazema, COPD, or
       broncitis.
       Stridor could be indication of an upper airway obstruction
       Crankles could be caused by fluid in the the aveoli
       Rhonci could indicate pnemonia or bronchitis
       #Post#: 266--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Lung Sounds
   DIR By: jbednarczyk
       Date: March 10, 2012, 4:10 pm
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       We would listen after the inital assessmet.  And during the
       focus physical exam.
       We would listen in the upper and lower chest,upper and lower
       back, and under arm pit ("mid axillary line")
       We would be listening for air movement ( noise and sounds)
       Wheezes (asthma), Crackles(fluid) , Rhonchi (bronchitis) ,
       Stridor (obstruction), and no sound (trouble)
       #Post#: 270--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Lung Sounds
   DIR By: 10275013
       Date: March 12, 2012, 12:41 am
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       I would listen after the initial assesment and durring your
       physical focused exam; especially if your patient is a
       difficulty breathing patient.  I would also listen durring each
       recording of vital signs
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