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Design and Development of Hugging Mechanism for Capturing Chest and Back Auscultatory Sounds

Applied Sciences
Robotic auscultation has the potential to solve problems associated with gender issues by allowing examinations that eliminate the need for physical contact between doctor and patient.
Ryosuke Tsumura, Takuma Ogawa, Reina Umeno, Ryuta Baba, Yuko Morishima, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Hiroyasu Iwata   +6 more
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Asymptomatic Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma in an Adolescent: A Rare Case Report With Favorable Surgical Outcome

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
We report a 13‐year‐old female with a giant right ventricular myxoma extending to the pulmonary trunk. The tumor was diagnosed by multimodal imaging and completely resected, with favorable short‐term outcomes. ABSTRACT Right ventricular (RV) myxomas account for < 5% of cardiac myxomas and are often asymptomatic, easily overlooked.
Aizezi Maihemu, Jin Bai, Chongjun Qi, Jian Liu   +3 more
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The effects of simple graphical and mental visualization of lung sounds in teaching lung auscultation during clinical clerkship: A preliminary study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionThe study aimed to evaluate visualization-based training's effects on lung auscultation during clinical clerkship (CC) in the Department of Respiratory Medicine on student skills and confidence.MethodsThe study period was December 2020 ...
Ayaka Kuriyama, Hajime Kasai, Kiyoshi Shikino, Yuki Shiko, Chiaki Kawame, Kenichiro Takeda, Hiroshi Tajima, Nami Hayama, Takuji Suzuki, Shoichi Ito   +9 more
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Gut function among children treated for severe acute malnutrition: A cohort study in Uganda

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Impaired gut function in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is associated with morbidity. We aimed to assess changes in six biomarkers representing different domains of gut function among children with complicated SAM during nutritional rehabilitation, and to identify predictors of these changes.
Betty Lanyero, Nicolette Nabukeera–Barungi, Ezekiel Mupere, Bikila S. Megersa, Iris Weidema, Pingping Jiang, Maria Wiese, Musemma K. Muhammed, Henrik Friis, Hanne Frøkiær, Dennis S. Nielsen, Vibeke Brix Christensen, Benedikte Grenov   +12 more
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Associated With Systemic Treatment in Osteoradionecrosis: An In Vivo Study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the effects of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), systemic pharmacological therapy, and their combination on irradiated mandibular post‐extraction bone repair relevant to osteoradionecrosis (ORN) development in a rat model. Methods Twenty‐six male Wistar rats were initially randomized into five experimental groups:
Larissa Lopes Fonseca, Lorena dos Reis Pereira Queiroz, Andréia Luiza Oliveira Costa, Cristina Paixão Durães, Renata Sousa Leite, Ludmila Martins Delazeri, Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula, Lucyana Conceição Farias, André Luiz Sena Guimarães   +9 more
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IS ABDOMINAL AUSCULTATION IMPORTANT? [PDF]

The Lancet, 1982
Peer Reviewed ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/23772/1/0000008 ...
West, Miguel, Klein, Michael D.
openaire   +3 more sources

Improving enteral nutrition in patients requiring neurological intensive care unit care: A retrospective study on a novel bedside nasointestinal tube placement technique

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aimed to develop and assess a bedside nasojejunal tube placement technique designed for resource‐limited settings to address the specific challenges of enteral nutrition (EN) delivery in neurocritical care patients, particularly those at high risk of reflux and aspiration. The technique sought to overcome the drawbacks of
Niuchenglin, Liujuan, Zhushuibing, Dingyuanliang, Yutianhao, Shiguangling   +5 more
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Home Monitoring of the Carotid Arteries Using a Mobile Auscultation Device with App

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2022
Cerebrovascular diseases like atherosclerosis pose a great threat to health and wellbeing of people worldwide. To enable early diagnosis and treatment of a gradually progressing occlusion of the carotid arteries, we propose the BODYTUNE system ...
Müller Inga, Henze Jasmin, Burmann Anja, Salvi Rutuja, Friebe Michael, Baum Rainer   +5 more
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Emphysema in an 11‐month‐old boy with alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency

Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Pediatric development of emphysema in Alpha‐1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1ATD) has been rarely described. In this case report, we document an 11‐month boy with A1ATD phenotype PiZZ with basilar centrilobular emphysema, the earliest such documented case.
Irvin Yi, Rachel Williams, Leela Chandrasekar, Saif Al‐Qatarneh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A relative value method for measuring and evaluating cardiac reserve

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2002
Background Although a very close relationship between the amplitude of the first heart sound (S1) and the cardiac contractility have been proven by previous studies, the absolute value of S1 can not be applied for evaluating cardiac contractility ...
Sun Xiaobo, Guo Xingming, Xiao Shouzhong, Xiao Zifu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source