Basics of Lung Sounds Wheeze Description Waveform Anatomy Wheezes are adventitious lung sounds that are continuous with a musical quality. Wheezes can be high or low pitched. High pitched wheezes may have an auscultation sound similar to squeaking. Lower pitched wheezes have a snoring or moaning quality. The proportion of the respiratory cycle occupied by the wheeze roughly corresponds to the degree of airway obstruction.Wheezes are caused by narrowing of the airways. play pause Maneuver:Seated Chestpiece Position:Chest wall Chestpiece:Diaphragm Table of Contents Introduction Vesicular - Normal Crackles - Fine (Rales) Crackles - Coarse (Rales) Wheeze Rhonchi - Low Pitched Wheezes Bronchial Pleural Rubs Bronchovesicular
