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the popping or the crackling sound of the lungs that is heart during inspiration or expiration(more common) while listening through a stethescope.these crepitations can either be coarse or fine.
coarse crepitations are usually seen due to fluid in the lungs whereas fine crepitations are due to fibrosis,mainly.
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∙ 16y agoCrepitations are crackles in the lungs - usually heard with a stethoscope. Crepitations can be caused by fluid build up or fibrosis of the lung tissues.
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What are bilateral basal crepitations?
crackles or rattling sound heard on the base of the lung .. bilateral ones usually suggesting mitral stenosis or left ventricular failure ..
What is difference between fine and basal crepitations?
Crepitations refers to a sound usually heard by medical personnel by listening to the chest (lungs) with a stethoscope. The quality of the sounds may be fine, moist, or coarse. The location where the crepitations are heard may be described as basal, generalized, left-sided, right-sided, anterior, posterior, lateral, etc.A person could have any combination of the quality and location descriptive terms: i.e. fine basilar crepitations, coarse generalized crepitations, moist left-sided crepitations, etc.
How do you tell if a person who just had a severe case of pneumonia and is not recovering very well and coughing and retaining fluids how do you know if fluid is building in the lungs again?
Chest X-ray. Or you can listen to the lung bases for crackles/crepitations that indicate fluid is present.
What Causes of crepitation in chest?
AnswerThere are MANY causes of crepitations in the chest!! Crepitations in the chest are basically crackles heard in the chest when listening with a stethoscope, and are similar to the sound of rubbing hair between your fingers.Crepitations are present in all sorts of conditions, and really are non-specific. Crepitations are usually divided into 'coarse' and 'fine', and may occur during inspiration or expiration, although expiratory crackles/crepitations are more common.Fine crepitations may indicate fibrosis (scarring) in the lungs, or some degree of collapse (which can be normal). Coarse crepitations may indicate fluid on the lungs (which could be caused by ANY number of conditions), infection, etc.Nothing can be interpreted from the statement "I have crepitations". For that, you need to know the 'texture' (fine/coarse), location, phase (i.e. inspiratory, or expiratory or both), loudness, side (left, right or both?), etc. And then that needs to be interpreted with the general inspection of the chest, percussion of the chest (tapping on the chest), and palpation (feeling the chest) PLUS the medical history provides 80% of the information!!! Very rarely is anything in medicine as simple as a single sign being synonymous with a single condition. Hope this helps!Aj :)
What does patellofemoral crepitations mean?
Patellofemoral crepitations is noise and/or vibration that is felt when the person bends and straightens the knee. It is a symptom of several conditions, one of which is a weakness of the kneww muscles which require exercise in the form of walking or physical therapy.patell = platella or knee capfemor = femur or thigh-al = pertaining to (adjective ending)crepitation = to crackle, crack, creak
Why lung crepitation occur in MI?
MI causes heart failure. . in heart failure , the increase of left ventricular pressure with failure of blood to pump into aorta occurs. . leads to back flow of blood into lungs through pulmonary veins. . this results to interstitial pulmonary odema and opening of alveoli , during inspiration is not normal, with external pressure to its normal opening. . this takes place with a sound , called fine crepitations
What is lung compliance?
Lung compliance = Lung expandability
Which lung has three lobes?
The right lung has three lobes.
What is lung neoplasm?
Lung neoplasm means lung tumor.
Why is the left lung smaller than the right lung eft lung smallerthan the right lung?
to accommodate the heart
Which lung is smaller then the other lung?
The left lung is smaller than the right.
What is a sentence for lung?
The doctor listened to my lungs with a stethoscope and confirmed that they were clear and healthy.
