The death rattle also refers to a gurgling sound that comes with the last breaths, or even the sounds after death that the body produces–it’s the fluids that have built up in the lungs, throat and body cavities.
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A death rattle is a gurgling or rattle-like noise produced shortly before or after death by the accumulation of excessive respiratory secretions in the throat. Those who are dying may lose their abi...
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death rattle n. A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the ... The character Marla Singer in Fight Club asks the narrator if he wants to stay on the phone and listen to her death rattle after she attempts to commit suicide.
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However, edema of another sort can be quite upsetting and even more troublesome: "pulmonary edema" or "fluid in the lungs," sometimes called the "death rattle." Pulmonary edema occurs when fluid from the circulatory system begins to pool in the lungs, causing respiratory congestion, shortness of breath and impaired...
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After withdrawal of artificial ventilation on the intensive care unit, excessive respiratory secretions resulting in rattling breathing, during the last hours of life, is not uncommon. Physicians and nurses experience considerable difficulties and frustrations in treating the death rattle.
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'Death rattle' after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation: practical and ethical considerations. ... 'Death rattle' after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation: practical and ethical considera...'Death rattle' after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation: practical and ethical considerations.
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The noise produced by oscillatory movements of secretions in the oropharynx, hypopharynx, and trachea during inspiration and expiration in unconscious terminal patients is often described as "the death rattle." The secretions are produced by the salivary glands and bronchial mucosa.
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