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breath
(redirected from breath sounds)

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breath
1. the intake and expulsion of air during respiration
2. the air inhaled or exhaled during respiration
3. a single respiration or inhalation of air, etc


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Normal values for heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure can be found, along with information on normal and abnormal breath sounds.
Despite antibiotic therapy, over the next 3 days, the patient became increasingly dyspneic; rales and decreased breath sounds developed, and she had radiographic evidence of progressive pulmonary infiltrates (Figure, part B).
Wheezing, stridor, and/or a decrease in breath sounds were also common.
 
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