The nurse auscultating a client's lungs notes there is a low-pitched, continuous respiratory sounds that has a snoring quality. Which terminology should the nurse use to document the finding?

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Rhonchi are low-pitched, continuous sounds with a snoring quality, often heard in conditions causing obstruction of the airways, such as bronchitis. They differ from rales (crackles), which are higher-pitched and not continuous, and wheezes, which are also higher-pitched but continuous.

The Nurse Auscultating a Client's Lungs Notes There Is a Low-Pitched