Expiratory Wheeze Lung Sounds

Introduction

Welcome to our website's expiratory wheeze page. On this page we provide a description of expiratory wheezing. We then provide an audio example of an expiratory wheeze. We also provide multiple links to the wheeze lung sound training lessons and reference pages available on this web site.

Definition

Expiratory wheeze is a continuous lung sound with a musical quality heard during expiration.

Listen

Listening Tips

Listen to an expiratory wheeze using the audio playback button below. Additional information and recordings are available in our lung sounds courses and reference guide.

Audio Playback

The patient's position should be sitting.

Waveform

Compare To Inspiratory Crackles

The patient's position should be sitting.

Wheezing Lung Sounds Reference Guide

Our auscultation guide provides quick access to several types of wheezing sounds. The guide including a few listening tips and a waveform of the audio recording.
Wheezes
Expiratory Wheezes
Monophonic Wheezes
Polyphonic Wheezes

Lung Sounds Reference Guide

Quick Links to Other Breath Sounds

While we have many breath sound lessons and quick references on this website. Please use the links below.

Vesicular Breath Sounds
Bronchial Breath Sounds
Adventitious Breath Sounds
Adventitious Lung Sounds
Wheezing
Rhonchi
Fine and Coarse Crackles
Rales
Egophony
Auscultate
Auscultation Lung Sounds Audio

Wheezing Lung Sounds Lessons

Two lessons on wheezing sounds are part of our Basics of Lung Sounds course. We suggest taking the full course (about 15-20 minutes), but the lesson can be used without the full course. Our intermediate lung sounds course has additional types of wheezes: expiratory, monophonic and polyphonic.

Basics of Lung Sounds

Intermediate Lung Sounds

Authors and Reviewers

Authored by Diane Wrigley, PA
Medically reviewed by Dr. Barbara Erickson, PhD, RN, CCRN.