Photo: Auscultation using windmill(pinwheel) toy
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Auscultation technique in Pediatric practice
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To hear the breath sound of lung, doctor often say to the patient
----- please deep breathing
But in child, It is difficult to deep breathing . Using the windmill
(pinwheel) toy (Kaza-gukuruma in Japanese) it is easy to perform
this. You may easy to hearing the wheezes, moist rale, crackes(
crackling sound) or crepitation sound in lung.
From autumn to winter, the infant and toddler often suffer from
light or moderate type of wheezing (Asthmatic) bronchitis.
Using windmill toe, you never miss.
Any question: write to Keiji Hagiwara, M.D.
Kami-Ube Pediatric Clinic
keijihagiwara@gmail.com
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