This volume of the new Nursing Know-How series offers how-to guidance on the latest techniques for evaluating heart and breath sounds. The book is written in paragraph and bulleted format, with numerous illustrations and flow charts.

Know-How icons offer expert tips on where to listen with the stethoscope, how to differentiate sounds, what technique works best, and how to evaluate findings. Case Clip icons present real-life emergent scenarios, showing what the nurse heard and how the rapid response team intervened to avert crisis. Age Alert icons offer guidelines on age-specific differences in sounds and assessment techniques.

An accompanying audio CD contains over 80 heart sounds and over 60 breath sounds, keyed to the text.

Contents

Part I: Heart Sounds,p>

1. Anatomy and physiology
2. Cardiovascular assessment
3. Cardiac auscultation
4. Heart sound origins
5. S1 and S2 heart sounds
6. S3 and S4 heart sounds
7. Other diastolic and systolic sounds
8. Murmur fundamentals
9. Systolic murmurs
10. Diastolic murmurs
11. Continuous murmurs
12. Other auscultatory sounds
13. Cardiovascular disorders

Part II: Breath Sounds

14. Anatomy and physiology
15. Respiratory system assessment
16. Introduction to breath sounds
17. Normal breath sounds
18. Bronchial breath sounds
19. Abnormal voice sounds
20. Absent and diminished breath sounds
21. Adventitious sounds: Crackles
22. Adventitious sounds: Wheezes
23. Respiratory disorders

Appendices

• Auscultation findings for common cardiovascular disorders
• Auscultation findings for common respiratory disorders

Index

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