During a respiratory assessment, the nurse hears the sound in the recording. Which description should the nurse document?

Document continuous musical wheezing, most prominent during expiration.

The recording is continuous and musical. Wheezing may occur with several conditions, so the assessment should describe the sound and phase instead of naming a disease from audio alone.

James Heilman, MD; noise-reduced derivative by Natural Philo · CC-BY-SA-3.0

• Wheeze — A continuous musical breath sound produced by airflow through narrowed airways.
• Expiration — The phase of breathing during which air moves out of the lungs.