ADVENTITIOUS Sounds:
Coarse Crackle (rales):
Discontinuous, interrupted, explosive sounds, <20msec, loud, low-pitched, early inspiration or expiration
(in COLD).
Fine Crackles:
They are the same as the coarse crackles but less laud and of shorter duration, higher in pitch.
Mid to late inspiration. They are not altered by a cough, more prominent in the bases.
Velcro rales (in decreased ventilation).