Fundamentals of Lung & Heart Sounds

Designed to help readers understand the origins of lung and heart sounds, this text and CD provide all the essential information needed to interpret cardiopulmonary auscultation for accurate, efficient patient care. Content has been expanded in this edition to include cardiac anatomy and physiology and basic heart sounds, in addition to coverage of pulmonary anatomy and physiology, physics of sounds, bedside patient assessment, the stethoscope, mechanisms of lung and heart sounds, and the clinical applications of auscultation. Case studies and other learning features strengthen essential critical thinking skills for the clinical environment.Content addresses the principles of sound generation and analysis, from anatomy and physiology to the equipment.Many of the heart and lung sounds on the high-quality audio CD have been recorded from actual patients using a stethoscope for clinical realism.Case studies connect principles to real-life practice of lung and heart sound interpretation.An accompanying CD-ROM with more than 30 lung sounds, plus approximately 20 new heart sounds, provides examples of both normal and common abnormal sounds, as well as a new image collection and new interactive case studies.