When the nurse auscultates chest sounds that are harsh and
cracking, sounding like two pieces of leather being rubbed together,
she records her finding as
a) pleural friction rub.
A pleural friction rub is heard secondary to inflammation and loss of
lubricating pleural fluid.
b) crackles.
Crackles are soft, high-pitched, discontinuous popping sounds that
occur during inspiration.
c) sonorous wheezes.
Sonorous wheezes are deep, low-pitched rumbling sounds heard
primarily during expiration.
d) sibilant wheezes.
Sibilant wheezes are continuous, musical, high-pitched, whistle-like
sounds heard during inspiration and expiration.
cracking, sounding like two pieces of leather being rubbed together,
she records her finding as
a) pleural friction rub.
A pleural friction rub is heard secondary to inflammation and loss of
lubricating pleural fluid.
b) crackles.
Crackles are soft, high-pitched, discontinuous popping sounds that
occur during inspiration.
c) sonorous wheezes.
Sonorous wheezes are deep, low-pitched rumbling sounds heard
primarily during expiration.
d) sibilant wheezes.
Sibilant wheezes are continuous, musical, high-pitched, whistle-like
sounds heard during inspiration and expiration.