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CRAQUEMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Lungs
CONT

Crackles, formerly known as rales, are discontinuous, intermittent, nonmusical sounds that are described according to their timing and duration within the respiratory phase, intensity, pitch, and location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Poumons
CONT

Crépitants («crackles»). Ces sons pathologiques, discontinus, explosifs, apparaissent généralement dans la phase d'inspiration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Pulmones
DEF

Ruido producido por el paso del aire a través de las mucosidades acumuladas en los bronquios, tráquea, faringe o alvéolos pulmonares. Puede escucharse a distancia o con el estetoscopio.

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Record 2 2008-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Sounds produced by moving joints, especially the knees or hips, usually resulting from gross loss of cartilage that permits the rubbing together of opposing bone ends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Bruits provoqués, lors des mouvements, par des irrégularités du cartilage qui frottent entre elles ou par certaines malpositions des surfaces articulaires.

CONT

Les craquements sont soit de simples crissements comme ceux que donne le sable remué, soit des craquements francs, secs et sonores (sac de noix); les craquements sont surtout très nets au niveau du genou.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
CONT

Generalmente la manipulación se acompaña de un ruido (chasquido o crujido) que significa que la amplitud del movimiento ha sido suficiente para vencer las resistencias periarticulares y permitir una brusca separación de las superficies articulares.

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