A sound heard through a stethoscope that could indicate the presence of fluid within the lungs or other conditions
abnormal lung sounds accompanying normal respiratory sounds. They indicate inflammation, fluid, or infection in the air sacs of the lung.
sounds sometimes heard in lungs; resemble bubbling or rattling; due to presence of an abnormal amount or type of fluid or mucus inside bronchi or alveoli or to bronchoconstriction, so that air cannot enter or leave the lungs normally
The noise air makes as it bubbles through accumulated Mucus.
Abnormal breathing sounds, sometimes indicating fluid in the air sacs of the lung.
An ambiguous term used by doctors to describe an abnormal sound heard when listening for breath sounds during examination of the chest. It is used by some to denote a rhonchus and by others for crepitation. Such sounds are created when air moves through airways that contain fluid.
Rales, crackles or crepitations, are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises heard on auscultation of the lungs with a stethoscope during inhalation. The sounds are caused by the "popping open" of small airways and alveoli collapsed by fluid, exudate, or lack of aeration during expiration.