coarse crackles


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A loud and low-pitched, discontinuous, ‘explosive’ crackling sound heard in patients with pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, acute bronchitis, bronchiectasis, or pulmonary oedema secondary to left-sided congestive heart failure

coarse crackles

Louder, rather long, low-pitched lung sounds. Coarse inspiratory and expiratory crackles indicate excessive airway secretion.
See also: crackle
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On physical examination her weight was 8 kg (<3rd percentile), height was 78 cm (10th percentile), she was tachypneic, tachycardic, and she had stridor, suprasternal retractions and coarse crackles over both hemithorax.
Pulmonary artery sling and tracheal bronchus in an infant with severe respiratory distress/Ciddi solunum sikintisi olan bir bebekte pulmoner arter slingi ve trakeal brons
A chest examination revealed coarse crackles throughout both lungs as well as central and bilateral lung infiltration.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus / A case report: sistemik lupus eritematozde mycobacterium tuberculosis ile iliskili hemofagositik sendrom: olgu sunumu

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