Breath Sounds Assessment

BREATH SOUND	DESCRIPTION	LOCATION
PLEURAL FRICTION RUB	superficial, low-pitched, coarse rubbing or grating sound that sounds like two rough surfaces rubbing together and is heard in the client with pleurisy.
VESICULAR	soft and low-pitched and resemble a sighing or gentle rustling.	Heard over peripheral lungs; best hear at the base of the lungs
BRONCHO-VESICULAR	Moderate intensity and pitch; mixture of bronchial and vesicular breath sounds	heard over the first and second intercostal spaces at the sternal border anteriorly and at T4 medial to the scapula posteriorly.
BRONCHIAL (Tubular)	loud, high-pitched sounds that resemble air blowing through a hollow pipe. When heard in these areas, they indicate abnormal sound transmission because of consolidation of lung tissue, as in a lung mass, atelectasis, or pneumonia. Loud, high-pitched, harsh; created by air traveling through the trachea	Heard over trachea on anterior chest