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Fine crackles

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Listen for: Brief, soft, high-pitched pops, like Velcro pulled apart or hair rubbed between fingers, in mid-to-late inspiration. They do not clear with a cough.

Usually means: Interstitial lung disease (fibrosis) or fluid in the alveoli in early heart failure.

13 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.