Clinical Practice
Sound conduction through the consolidated region will result in bronchial breath sounds, which are louder and have a more prominent expiratory component.
IMPORTANT: This holds true only if the airways are patent! If the airways are blocked the breath sounds over the consolidated lung tissue would be decreased!
Let the patient say the letter "E" and auscultate. If it sounds like "A" with a nasal or bleating quality, it is called egophony and suggests consolidation.
Bronchophony, also known as bronchiloquy, is the abnormal transmission of sounds from the lungs or bronchi.
Whispered pectoriloquy refers to an increased loudness of whispering noted during auscultation with a stethoscope on the lung fields on a patient's torso. Usually spoken sounds of a whispered volume by the patient would not be heard by the clinician auscultating a lung field with a stethoscope.
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Superior Vena Cava (SVC) syndrome
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