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Title Auscultation skills : breath & heart sounds
Edition Fourth edition
Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  616.1207544 Spr/Bah 2010  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  616.1207544 Spr/Bah 2010  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 240 pages : color il. ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in
Contents The heart and auscultation -- Heart sound dynamics -- The first heart sound -- The second heart sound -- The third and fourth heart sounds -- Other diastolic and systolic sounds -- Murmur fundamentals -- Systolic murmurs -- Diastolic murmurs -- Continuous murmurs -- Other auscultatory sounds -- The respiratory system and auscultation -- Introduction to breath sounds -- Breath sounds heard in healthy individuals -- Abnormal breath sounds -- Bronchial breath sounds -- Abnormal voice sounds -- Absent and diminished breath sounds -- Adventitious sounds : crackles -- Adventitious sounds : wheezes
Summary This book-and-audio-CD package offers nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants a solid basis for recognizing and differentiating among abnormal breath and heart sounds. Forty-six tracks of breath sounds and 50 heart sounds complement the full-color text
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index
Subject Auscultation.
Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
Heart -- Sounds.
Lungs -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
Lungs -- Sounds.
Medical sounds.
Heart Auscultation -- methods.
Heart Sounds -- physiology.
Respiratory Sounds -- physiology.
Genre/Form Examination Question.
Handbook.
Handbooks and manuals.
Author Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
LC no. 2009028556
ISBN 1605474541
9781605474540