Fundamentals of lung auscultation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 744-751

  Bohadana, Abraham ^a   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Kraman, Steve S ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; BREATHING PATTERN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRACKLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHALATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; PLEURAL FRICTION RUB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SNORING; SQUAWK; STRIDOR; TRACHEAL SOUND; TURBULENT FLOW; WHEEZING;

EID: 84894127051     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1302901     Document Type: Review

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