Pulmonary Breath Sounds: Hear a Death Rattle and more

[liveonearth]

http://faculty.etsu.edu/arnall/www/public_html/heartlung/breathsounds/contents.html
These are fascinating, and horrifying.

Comments

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. I had no idea scopolamine has so many uses. Wiki lists it as an anti-sialogogue, pupil dilator, anti-emetic (most common use), anti-nausea drug and analgesic, among others.

[b-vainamoinen.livejournal.com]

I should also mention that Terminal Congestion can also be silenced by changing the patient's position slightly. Any decent hospice nurse is well-versed in the technique of positioning a pillow under one of the patient's shoulders in such a way that the "death rattle" sound stops. (another piece of evidence against the "lungs filling with fluid" hypothesis).