The stethoscope and the pulmonary sounds: a literature review

Authors

  • Vitor Oliveira Carvalho Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina
  • Germano Emílio Conceição Souza Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v86i4p224-231

Keywords:

Pulmonary sounds, Stethoscopes, Auscutation, Review literature.

Abstract

The chest auscutation is an old diagnose very widely used in the present time for its low cost, great praticity and sensitivity. The diverse audible pulmonary sounds give health professionals important spots of pulmonary conditions to guide the treatment. These sounds results from lung vibrations and their airways transmited to the chest surface. They can first be divided in: bronchial (traqueobonchial) or vesicular, not existing standardization in its description. The aim of this review is to show what exists about pulmonary sounds and its meanings.

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Author Biographies

  • Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina
    Fisioterapeuta, Doutorando em Cardiologia pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP.
  • Germano Emílio Conceição Souza, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração
    Médico assistente do InCor HCFMUSP. Doutorando em Cardiologia pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP.

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Published

2007-12-20

Issue

Vol. 86 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Medicina e Cultura

How to Cite

Carvalho, V. O., & Souza, G. E. C. (2007). The stethoscope and the pulmonary sounds: a literature review. Revista De Medicina, 86(4), 224-231. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v86i4p224-231