“…12 This therefore warrants the need for other timely bedside assessment to support accurate monitoring and diagnoses of respiratory dysfunction and, in turn, supports clinical decision making in real time. 13,14 Bedside respiratory assessments are most commonly performed by doctors, nursing staff, 15 physical therapists, 13 and respiratory therapists 16 to differentiate between a range of pulmonary disorders, including pulmonary edema, consolidation, atelectasis, interstitial lung disease, bronchospasm, and retained secretions. 1 One of the most common bedside respiratory assessments performed in clinical practice is lung auscultation, 1,17 which is considered an integral part of the clinical reasoning process for qualified and training health-care professionals.…”