Auscultation of the chest in a child can be difficult; time and patience can be needed to keep the child relatively quiet. The subsequent interpretation of breath sounds and additional noises can also pose problems, and a careful listening is needed to note differences rather than absolute signs. This particularly applies to signs such as bronchial breathing; often this is a comparative finding in a small child, where most of the breathing would appear bronchial to the adult physician.
Specific sign may include:
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