Crackles or Crepitations - Quick & Easy Overview (Easy Lung Sounds)

Here is a quick review of CREPITATIONS/CREPTS heard on auscultation.

The normal breath sounds are Vesicular breath sounds heard on most of the lung. It is soft and of low pitch. Inspiratory phase in longer than expiration without any pause between these two phases.

Abnormalities can be presence of bronchial breath sounds, diminished or absent breath sounds, or presence of added/Adventitious breath sounds.

Bronchial breathing is hollow, tubular in quality, high pitched. There is definite gap between inspiration & expiration.

Added or Adventitious sounds include Wheeze, Crepitations, Pleural friction rub & Stridor.

Wheeze can be Low pitched also known as Rhonchi or High pitched which is the usual wheeze. Low pitched wheeze/Rhonchi is caused by secretions in smaller airways causing narrowing while High pitched wheeze is because of Bronchospasm.

Stridor is not included in this video as it is not classically a breath sound auscultated but is audible without stethoscope and is caused by narrowing/obstruction of larger airways.

A good stethoscope like Litmann stethoscope is a must to pick sounds easily during auscultation.

It is encouraged to listen to breath sounds (included in video) with headphones.

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[dr.aditirana]

I'm a final year medical student & this was really helpful, thanks

[sandiegan]

When I mentioned the crackling noise to my doctor he explained that it is moisture in the lungs that crackles from movement of the lungs. To me it sounds like a sticky substance between 2 sheets of plastic when pulled apart. Doc didn't say it was anything to worry about.

[perkyiff]

anybody started synchronizing their breaths with the audio? 😂

[rosemaryparker]

Now scared started having the crackling sound of cystic fibrisis exactly sounds like that. I'm a light smoker hard to quit. Now have to read all about cystic fibrosis but thanks.

[orgershon]

How it was recorded? Simply from putting a microphone near a person or using some sort of tool ?

[omari]

Sounds like listening through a wall and hearing a war with explosions and pew pew blasters.

[francischilato]

Sorry what does the monophonic sound mean ?

[mlzar]

So crackles and crepirations are the same?
One doctor told me that term of crackles means more harsh and loud voice like shisha (hoka), is it correct??

[safiraalyad]

What does biphasic mean? That it happens in 2 separate times during inspiration or both in ins and expiration?

[IbrahimAlGhabban]

It sounds like someone is smoking Shisha