Practitioners and students: see and hear breath and heart sounds with
remarkable clarity while perfecting your auscultation technique.
Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, Fifth Edition, pinpoints
exactly how, where, and why breath and heart sounds occur and helps you
to differentiate normal from abnormal sounds quickly and accurately.
Loaded with clear explanations, colorful illustrations, and linked to
online audio cues, this sensational reference spans the simple to the
complex and serves as an excellent tool for beginning practitioners and
seasoned clinicians who are looking to hone their diagnostic skills and
improve their auscultation technique.
This compact, practical book will improve your ability to auscultate for
heart and breath sounds, and enhance your understanding of their
physiology. Throughout, the book references corresponding tracks on the
accompanying website, enabling users to listen to the sounds immediately
after reading about the anatomical and physiologic changes associated
with the sounds.
With full coverage of heart and breath sounds from the simple to the
complex this comprehensive text explains heart and breath sound
fundamentals including basic anatomy and physiology, best auscultation
locations, tips on how to identify each sound, and what to document
during a physical examination.Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart
Sounds, Fifth Editionoffers practicing nurses, nurse practitioners, and
physician assistants a solid basis for recognizing and differentiating
among abnormal breath and heart sounds to help them accurately interpret
what they hear and then apply that knowledge toward a proper diagnosis
and treatment regimen.
