Respiratory Therapist

Category - Patient Evaluations and Recommendations

What is an adventitious sound heard when the pleural surface becomes inflamed or loses its lubricating fluid?
  1. Diminished breath sounds
  2. Rales
  3. Rhonchi
  4. Pleural rub
Explanation
Answer: D - A pleural rub is heard when the pleural surface becomes inflamed or loses its lubricating fluid.

A pleural rub is also described as sounding like a leather squeak. It is heard when the pleural surface becomes inflamed or loses its lubricating fluid.
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