Squawk (sound)

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Squawks or short wheezes are brief "squeaky" sounds that are also referred to as squeaks. Their waveforms show a sinusoidal pattern with a duration 10 to 100 ms and a frequency between 200 and 800 Hz. Squawks have been described in bird fancier's disease and other forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis [1]. They are also heard in a variety of conditions in which alveolitis is present. In one study they were found in 10% of patients with pneumonia[2].

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  1. Earis JE, Marsh K, Pearson, MG. The inspiratory “squawk” in extrinsic allergic alveolitis and other pulmonary fibroses. Thorax 1979;37:923-926.
  2. Paciej R, Vyshedskiy A, Bana D, Murphy R, Squawks in pneumonia, Thorax 2004;59:177–179