Repetition Training: Pleural Rubs
Pleural Rubs
Research studies have demonstrated that listening to a heart sound for 2-3 minutes can help students master auscultation.
For textual descriptions, waveforms and heart animations, please use our courses on this website.
Listening Tips
S1:Systole:
S2:
Diastole:
Features:Plural rubs are creaking or grating sounds that have been described as being similar to walking on fresh snow or a leather-on-leather type of sound. Pleural rubs stop when the patient holds a breath
