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Coarse crackles

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Listen for: Louder, lower, longer bubbling pops, early in inspiration and often in expiration too. They may change after a cough.

Usually means: Secretions in the airways: bronchiectasis, pneumonia, COPD.

16 recordings of this finding. Compare with normal breath sounds to hear the difference.

References2
  1. Bohadana A, Izbicki G, Kraman SS. Fundamentals of lung auscultation. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(8):744-51.
  2. Pasterkamp H, Brand PLP, Everard M, et al. Towards the standardisation of lung sound nomenclature. Eur Respir J. 2016;47(3):724-32.