How to Make Listening for Wheezes a Breeze
To detect wheezing during forcedexpiration in patients with dyspnea,asthma, or reactive airway disease,ask the patient to take a big breathand exhale as if he or she were blowingout the candles on a birthdaycake.
To detect wheezing during forcedexpiration in patients with dyspnea,asthma, or reactive airway disease,ask the patient to take a big breathand exhale as if he or she were blowingout the candles on a birthdaycake. Patients know how to do this,and it produces excellent results.
-- Rebecca Smith, MD
Winston-Salem, NC
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