A nurse is documenting a patient's breath sounds.Crackles are heard as:

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Fine crackles are high-pitched,fine,short,interrupted crackling sounds heard during the end of inspiration;they usually are not cleared with coughing.Rhonchi are loud,low-pitched,rumbling,coarse sounds heard most often during inspiration or expiration that may be cleared by coughing.Wheezes are high-pitched,continuous,musical sounds like a squeak heard continuously during inspiration or expiration;they are usually louder on expiration and do not clear with coughing.Pleural friction rub has a dry,grating quality heard best during inspiration;it does not clear with coughing and is heard loudest over the lower lateral anterior surface.

A Nurse Is Documenting a Patient's Breath Sounds