Question

Upon auscultation of the client's lungs, the nurse hears loud, high-pitched sounds over the larynx. What term will the nurse use in documentation to describe this breath ?

a)Bronchial
b)Bronchovesicular
c)Vesicular
d)Adventitious sound

Answer 1

The term the nurse will use to describe the loud, high-pitched sounds heard over the larynx during auscultation of the client's lungs is bronchial.

Step-by-step explanation:

The term that the nurse will use in documentation to describe the loud, high-pitched sounds heard over the larynx during auscultation of the client's lungs is a) Bronchial.

The bronchial breath sounds are loud, high-pitched sounds that are heard over the larynx and the trachea. These sounds are typically heard during inspiration and expiration and are characterized by a hollow, tubular quality.

In contrast, bronchovesicular breath sounds are moderate in pitch and intensity and are heard over the main bronchi and upper lung fields, while vesicular breath sounds are low-pitched and soft sounds heard over most of the lung fields.