A respiratory monitoring system can include an acoustic respiratory sensor that obtains acoustic information from a patient and one or more processors in communication with the acoustic respiratory sensor. Such processors can receive a respiratory rate value derived from the acoustic information. This respiratory rate value can reflect an averaged set of respiratory rate values over a period of time. The one or more processors can also receive an indication of a respiratory abnormality that occurred during the same time period. Further, the one or more processors can output the averaged respiratory rate value together with a respiratory event indicator reflecting the respiratory abnormality.
