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.

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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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