Inspiratory crackles—early and late—revisited: identifying COPD by crackle characteristics

Background The significance of pulmonary crackles, by their timing during inspiration, was described by Nath and Capel in 1974, with early crackles associated with bronchial obstruction and late crackles with restrictive defects. Crackles are also described as ‘fine’ or ‘coarse’. We aimed to evaluat...

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Main Authors: Cristina Jácome, Hasse Melbye, Juan Carlos Aviles Solis, Hans Pasterkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000852.full
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