What's the difference between a bruit and a thrill?

danielleed

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In particular, when talking about dialysis patients, and assessing their fistula. Is it that bruit is the sound, and thrill is the feeling of it?
 
The way we were taught to remember it is that you 'feel a thrill'. So, you hear a bruit.
That's how I kept it apart for years.
 
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