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Still's murmur is detected via auscultation with a stethoscope.It has a peculiar "musical", "resonant" or "vibratory" quality that is quite unique. [1] [2] It is generally most easily heard at the left middle or lower sternal border and the right upper sternal border, often with radiation to the carotid arteries, although other locations are common.
Venous hum is a benign auscultatory phenomenon caused by the normal flow of blood through the jugular veins. [1] At rest, 20% of cardiac output flows to the brain via the internal carotid and vertebral arteries; this drains via the internal jugular veins .
Benign Paediatric Heart Murmurs; Name Location DDx; Still's murmur [4] inferior aspect of LLSB (lower left sternal border), systolic ejection sound, vibratory/musical quality subaortic stenosis, small VSD: Pulmonary ejection superior aspect of LLSB, ejection sound Pulmonary stenosis, atrial septal defect: Venous hum
Audio therapy is the clinical use of recorded sound, music, or spoken words, or a combination thereof, recorded on a physical medium such as a compact disc (CD), or a digital file, including those formatted as MP3, which patients or participants play on a suitable device, and to which they listen with intent to experience a subsequent beneficial physiological, psychological, or social effect.
Bruit, also called vascular murmur, [3] is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery due to either an area of partial obstruction or a localized high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery.
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When auscultating the heart, doctors listen for abnormal sounds, including heart murmurs, gallops, and other extra sounds coinciding with heartbeats. Heart rate is also noted. When listening to lungs, breath sounds such as wheezes, crepitations and crackles are identified. The gastrointestinal system is auscultated to note the presence of bowel ...
Still's murmur: Sir George Frederick Still: paediatric cardiology: subaortic stenosis, small Ventricular septal defect: Still's mmurmur at Whonamedit? systolic ejection sound ; vibratory/musical; best heard at left lower sternal border Stransky's sign? neurology: pyramidal tract lesions: The Babinski sign – a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4 ...