Respiratory Therapist

Category - Patient Evaluations and Recommendations

Which best describes high-pitched breath sounds after extubation?
  1. Wheeze
  2. Stridor
  3. Fine rales
  4. Rhonchi
Explanation
Answer: B - Stridor is a high-pitched breath sound frequently heard post extubation.

Asthmatic patients, during bronchospasm, will wheeze. Rales are detected by auscultation when examining CHF patients. Coarse or loud secretions in the large airways are described as rhonchi.
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