auscultation
IPA: ˈaʊskʌɫtˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
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Examples of "auscultation" in Sentences
- Lungs were clear to auscultation.
- On auscultation, a venous hum may be heard.
- It is a general medical sign detected by auscultation.
- On auscultation, there may be a short diastolic murmur.
- The space is therefore known as the 'triangle of auscultation'.
- Manual sphygmomanometers require a stethoscope for auscultation.
- This examination was concerning auscultation and cardiac pulses.
- Rales, rhonchi and decreased breath sounds may be present by auscultation.
- Auscultation of the chest can reveal displaced heart beat and valve prolapse.
- It is opposed to immediate auscultation, directly placing the ear on the body.
- Auscultation is generally considered sufficient for detecting a significant Vsd.
- Studies that compare auscultation and EFM continuous or intermittent report that each method has similar newborn outcomes.
- Obstetrical associations in the United States and Canada also endorse the protocol of auscultation for one minute during and after a contraction every fifteen to thirty minutes in the first stage, and every five to fifteen minutes during the second stage.
- When reading engages coded alphabetic symbols and generates through them a poetic setting in the head, or a narrative scenario, the reader has not entered upon the imaginary via some magic auscultation, some occulted relation to a speaking authorial presence.
- For instance, it mandates that the pregnant woman must "view the fetal ultrasound imaging and hear the auscultation of the fetal heart tone if the fetal heart tone is audible" unless she certifies in writing prior to the abortion that she does not wish to do this.
- The routine use of continuous electronic fetal monitoring compared with intermittent auscultation increases the likelihood of instrument vaginal delivery and cesarean surgery but does not reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy, stillbirth, low Apgar scores, newborn death rates, or admission to the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Because so much of diagnosis now depends on lab tests and imaging, the physical exam, including the time-honored rituals of auscultation (listening with a stethoscope) and palpation (touching parts of the body), has become less important; but skipping it short-circuits an essential part of the healing encounter, the “laying on of hands.”