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.

Primary lung cancer presenting as metastasis to the big toe

On examination, he was found to be febrile, tachypnoeic and had widespread, coarse and fine crackles with added wheeze throughout both lung fields.