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Squawks

MedGen UID:
1671066
•Concept ID:
C4732797
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Sign or Symptom
HPO: HP:0031995

Definition

Squawks are short inspiratory wheezes of less than 200 ms duration and are also known as squeaks. Acoustic analysis shows the fundamental frequency varying between 200 and 300 Hz. Squawks usually occur in late inspiration and are often preceded by late inspiratory crackles. [from HPO]

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CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSquawks

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Evaluation of Digital Technologies Tailored to Support Young People's Self-Management of Musculoskeletal Pain: Mixed Methods Study.
Slater H, Stinson JN, Jordan JE, Chua J, Low B, Lalloo C, Pham Q, Cafazzo JA, Briggs AM
J Med Internet Res 2020 Jun 5;22(6):e18315. doi: 10.2196/18315. PMID: 32442143Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Squawks in interstitial lung disease prevalence and causes in a cohort of one thousand patients.
Pereira CAC, Soares MR, Boaventura R, Castro MDC, Gomes PS, Gimenez A, Fukuda C, Cerezoli M, Missrie I
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jul;98(29):e16419. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016419. PMID: 31335692Free PMC Article
A texture-based classification of crackles and squawks using lacunarity.
Hadjileontiadis LJ
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2009 Mar;56(3):718-32. Epub 2009 Jan 23 doi: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2011747. PMID: 19174342
The inspiratory "squawk" in extrinsic allergic alveolitis and other pulmonary fibroses.
Earis JE, Marsh K, Pearson MG, Ogilvie CM
Thorax 1982 Dec;37(12):923-6. doi: 10.1136/thx.37.12.923. PMID: 7170682Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Squawks in interstitial lung disease prevalence and causes in a cohort of one thousand patients.
Pereira CAC, Soares MR, Boaventura R, Castro MDC, Gomes PS, Gimenez A, Fukuda C, Cerezoli M, Missrie I
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Jul;98(29):e16419. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016419. PMID: 31335692Free PMC Article
A dynamic fuzzy neural filter for separation of discontinuous adventitious sounds from vesicular sounds.
Mastorocostas PA, Theocharis JB
Comput Biol Med 2007 Jan;37(1):60-9. Epub 2005 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.10.006. PMID: 16337620
Discrimination analysis of discontinuous breath sounds using higher-order crossings.
Hadjileontiadis LJ
Med Biol Eng Comput 2003 Jul;41(4):445-55. doi: 10.1007/BF02348088. PMID: 12892368
An orthogonal least squares-based fuzzy filter for real-time analysis of lung sounds.
Mastorocostas PA, Tolias YA, Theocharis JB, Hadjileontiadis LJ, Panas SM
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2000 Sep;47(9):1165-76. doi: 10.1109/10.867921. PMID: 11008417
Separation of discontinuous adventitious sounds from vesicular sounds using a wavelet-based filter.
Hadjileontiadis LJ, Panas SM
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1997 Dec;44(12):1269-81. doi: 10.1109/10.649999. PMID: 9401227

Clinical prediction guides

Physicians' ability to recognize adventitious lung sounds.
Moriki D, Koumpagioti D, Kalogiannis M, Sardeli O, Galani A, Priftis KN, Douros K
Pediatr Pulmonol 2023 Mar;58(3):866-870. Epub 2022 Dec 9 doi: 10.1002/ppul.26266. PMID: 36453611

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