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Stethoscope Sounds

Rae Varcoe, MA, MB, ChB

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  • From Auckland Hospital, Auckland 1, New Zealand.

    Current Author Address: Rae Varcoe, MA, MB, ChB, Haematology Department, Auckland Hospital, Park Road, Auckland 1, New Zealand; e-mail, arvarcoe@xtra.co.nz.

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the flutter/pause coarsening
of the in breath's crepitus
or a sibilant song of rhonchi
whistling on the out breath
maybe the insistent iamb
of a foetal heart
or an embarrassment of borborygmi
sneaking gaseously south
heart sounds beating their retreat
a regular debit on a finite ledger
and sometimes
silence
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Varcoe R. Stethoscope Sounds. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:277. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-147-4-200708210-00012

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(4):277.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-147-4-200708210-00012

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