Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

estertores crepitantes

English translation:

crepitant rales / crackles

Added to glossary by Joseph Tein
Apr 6, 2010 19:29
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Spanish term

estertores crepitantes

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) Pneumonitis
"Un niño de 12 años ... acudió al servicio de urgencias por fiebre elevada, *estertores crepitantes* e intensa dificultad respiratoria."

What's the best way of translating this phrase? For 'estertores' I find 'stertor' OR 'rales' ... but what is the precise meaning of this 'estertores crepitantes' term?

Thanks for your help!

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crepitant rales / crackles

crepitant rales / crackles

sources:

crepitant rales - Patient UK resources -
crepitant rales - also known as or related to inspiratory crepitations, crackles lung, lung crackles, respiratory crepitations, respiratory crackles, ...
www.patient.co.uk/leaflets/crepitant_rales.htm -

rale - definition of rale in the Medical dictionary - by the Free ... -
crackling rale subcrepitant r. crepitant rale a sound like that made by rubbing ... Rales are distinguished as dry or moist, according to the absence or ...
medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rale -

[PDF] CLASSIFICATION OF RALES. The correct interpretation of r&les is a ... - : PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick view
de HM Kinghorn - 1930
Subcrepitant rales are alsocalled crackling rales, and are coarser and lower pitched than crepitant rales. They were firstcalled such by Laennec (page 56, ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262205/.../tacca20004...

Crackles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -
Crackles, rales, or crepitations, are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises heard on auscultation of (listening to) the lung with a stethoscope during ...
Terminology - The sound of crackles - See also - References
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackles -
Peer comment(s):

agree Joel Pina Diaz : daxiedma, you get it first.
2 mins
agree Consult Couture
11 mins
agree Rita Tepper : Crackles
42 mins
agree Alvaro Aliaga : Just crackles.
1 hr
agree Yasser El Helw : Agree with Brainfloss and Rita
1 hr
agree Muriel Vasconcellos (X) : We used 'rales' in WHO.
10 hrs
agree Laura Rodríguez Gómez
12 hrs
agree Richard Boulter
22 hrs
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grunting

La presencia de estertores crepitantes (Tabla 12) en el momento del ingreso ...... grunting, decreased level of consciousness plus a respiratory rate grater ...
www.update-software.com/BCP/BCPGetDocument.asp?DocumentID..... - Cached
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7 mins

crepitant rales

Also: inspiratory crepitations...
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11 mins

crepitant rale

I think this is a more technical term, if your text is intented for professional use.
Example sentence:

crepitant rale n. A fine bubbling or crackling sound heard on auscultation, produced by the presence of a very thin secretion in the smaller bronchial tubes.

crepitant rales crepitant rales - also known as or related to inspiratory rales, rales, inspiratory rales, crackles lung, inspiratory crepitations, lung crackles

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18 mins

(crackling) death rattle

Death rattle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A death rattle is a gurgling or rattle-like noise produced shortly before or after death by the accumulation of excessive respiratory secretions in the ...
While I listen to your crackling death rattle. I can see your face burn with a painful vicious smile. In this medicated mist i can't make out ...
www.writers-network.com/index.cgi?view=88120
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cracking rale

Espero que ayude!!

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Note added at 19 mins (2010-04-06 19:48:53 GMT)
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Yes, absolutely right! Sorry for my writing mistake.

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-04-06 19:49:44 GMT)
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It's crackling rale.
Note from asker:
("crackling")
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