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auscultation
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auscultation

Procedure for detecting certain defects or conditions by listening for normal and abnormal heart, breath, bowel, fetal, and other sounds in the body. The invention of the stethoscope in 1819 improved and expanded this practice, still very useful despite the great technological advances in other means of diagnosis.
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Nurses should know how to auscultate the patient's chest, comprehend whether crackles are related to sputum or pulmonary oedema, and report signs of possible aspiration including fever, poor swallowing, drooling of secretions or a failed blue-dye test (blue sputum).
Tracheostomy: a guide to nursing care by Wright, Kylie / Australian Nursing Journal
The new "extended length" Stethos measures 40-inches long from earpiece to chest piece, making it possible for users to auscultate comfortably and accurately in places where most conventional stethoscopes simply cannot reach.
Agilent Technologies Stretches The Limits of Auscultation -- ... by Business Wire
Auscultate the lung fields, listening for breath sounds in all lung zones.
Tracheostomy: your questions answered. (Clinical Update) by Barbetti, Julie / Australian Nursing Journal
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