- auscultatory sounds
- sounds heard on auscultation, such as heart sounds, Korotkoff sounds, breath sounds, or adventitious sounds.
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auscultatory sounds
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Auscultatory gap — An auscultatory gap is the interval of pressure where Korotkoff sounds indicating true systolic pressure fade away and reappear at a lower pressure point during the manual measurement of blood pressure. The improper interpretation of this gap may … Wikipedia
auscultatory gap — a silent period in the knocking sounds heard with a stethoscope over an artery, between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures, when the blood pressure is measured with a sphygmomanometer. * * * time in which sound is not heard in the… … Medical dictionary
voice sounds — auscultatory sounds heard over the lungs or airways when the patient speaks; increased resonance indicates consolidation or an airless lung underlying an effusion. Types include bronchophony, egophony, laryngophony, pectoriloquy, tracheophony,… … Medical dictionary
auscultatory — adj. pertaining to medical examination by auscultation (listening to sounds in the body by means of a stethoscope) … English contemporary dictionary
auscultatory gap — a silent period in the knocking sounds heard with a stethoscope over an artery, between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures, when the blood pressure is measured with a sphygmomanometer … The new mediacal dictionary
breath sounds — the sounds heard through a stethoscope placed over the lungs during breathing. Normal breath sounds are soft and called vesicular they may be increased or decreased in disease states. The sounds heard over the larger bronchi are louder and… … Medical dictionary
adventitious sounds — abnormal auscultatory sounds heard over the lungs, such as rales, rhonchi, or any of the abnormal types of resonance; they are usually characterized as either continuous s s or discontinuous s s. Cf. breath s s … Medical dictionary
Korotkoff sounds — Korotkoff are the sounds that medical personnel listen for when they are taking blood pressure using a non invasive procedure. They are named after Dr. Nikolai Korotkoff, a Russian physician who described them in 1905, when he was working at the… … Wikipedia
Korotkoff sounds — Ko·rot·koff sounds also Ko·rot·kow sounds or Ko·rot·kov sounds kȯ rȯt kȯf .sau̇ndz n pl arterial sounds heard through a stethoscope applied to the brachial artery distal to the cuff of a sphygmomanometer that change with varying cuff pressure… … Medical dictionary
Nikolai Korotkov — This article is about Russian surgeon. For Russian soccer player, see Nikolai Korotkov (footballer). Nikolai Korotkov Николай Коротков Nicolai Korotkov in 1900 … Wikipedia
