What Is Auscultation
Health Encyclopedia: Auscultation
Auscultation is a method used to listen to the sounds of the body during a
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Auscultation is usually performed by listening through a stethoscope. Health care providers routinely listen to a patient's lungs, heart, and intestines to evaluate the frequency, intensity, duration, number, and quality of sounds.
Health care providers also use auscultation to listen to the heart sounds of unborn infants. This is not performed with a stetho...
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