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Listen for: A continuous, low-pitched snoring or rattling sound. It may change or clear after a cough.

Usually means: Secretions in the larger airways (bronchitis, pneumonia). Many guidelines now call this a "low-pitched wheeze".

17 recordings of this finding. Compare with normal breath sounds to hear the difference.

References2
  1. Pasterkamp H, Brand PLP, Everard M, et al. Towards the standardisation of lung sound nomenclature. Eur Respir J. 2016;47(3):724-32.
  2. Bohadana A, Izbicki G, Kraman SS. Fundamentals of lung auscultation. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(8):744-51.