fine crackle

Fine rale, crepitation Pulmonology A type of discontinuous, interrupted 'explosive' lung sound, which is less loud than coarse crackles and higher pitched. Cf Coarse crackles.

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Upon admission, the patient weighed 13 kg, had tachycardia (175 beats/min) and tachypnea (33 breaths/min), was in poor general condition, whining, pale, sleepy, with reduced vesicular murmur, fine crackles and dullness to percussion of left pulmonary lower medium-third.

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In his physical examination, oropharynx was naturally detected, fine crackles and cyberlane ronkus were detected in left hemithorax.

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Positive findings on examination included bilateral scattered fine crackles and an occasional wheeze.

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On the present admission, examination revealed blood pressure of 110/60 mmHg, pulse of 88 bpm, fine crackles in the bilateral lower lobes and jugular venous distension.

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Fine crackles were heard at the right lung base and there was an enlarged right supraclavicular lymph node and associated digital clubbing.