Vesicular - Normal Reference Guide
Vesicular - Normal
Vesicular breath sounds are soft and low pitched with a rustling quality during inspiration and are even softer during expiration. These are the most commonly auscultated breath sounds, normally heard over most of the lung surface. They have an inspiration/expiratory ratio of 3 to 1 or I:E of 3:1.Patient Recording
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Position
The patient's position should be seated.
Listening Tips
S1:Systole:
S2:
Diastole:
Features:Vesicular breath sounds are soft and low pitched with a rustling quality during inspiration and even softer during expiration. Inspiration to expiration ratio of 3:1 or 4:1
