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Chest auscultation – tradition and expectations Concerns and promises in the era of smart stethoscopes [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
AI-assisted digital stethoscopes can classify heart and lung sounds with accuracy comparable to or exceeding that of the average clinician and help the physician in the diagnostic process. With this essay we want to discuss benefits and downsides of this
Hasse Melbye, Carl Edvard Rudebeck, Hans Pasterkamp   +2 more
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Review on the Advancements of Stethoscope Types in Chest Auscultation

Diagnostics, 2023
Stethoscopes were originally designed for the auscultation of a patient’s chest for the purpose of listening to lung and heart sounds. These aid medical professionals in their evaluation of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, as well as in other ...
De Yun Wang, Heow Pueh Lee, Jun Jie Seah
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Evolution of the Stethoscope: Advances with the Adoption of Machine Learning and Development of Wearable Devices [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2023
The stethoscope has long been used for the examination of patients, but the importance of auscultation has declined due to its several limitations and the development of other diagnostic tools.
Yoonjoo Kim, YunKyong Hyon, Seong-Dae Woo, Sunju Lee, Song-I Lee, Taeyoung Ha, Chaeuk Chung   +6 more
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Survey of extracellular communication of systemic and organ-specific inflammatory responses through cell free messenger RNA profiling in mice

EBioMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Inflammatory and immune responses are essential and dynamic biological processes that protect the body against acute and chronic adverse stimuli.
Jiali Zhuang, Arkaitz Ibarra, Alexander Acosta, Amy P. Karns, Jonathan Aballi, Michael Nerenberg, John J. Sninsky, Stephen R. Quake, Shusuke Toden   +8 more
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Stethoscope hygiene: A legal consideration for cardiologists practicing in a new era of infection control (COVID-19)

American Heart Journal Plus, 2021
The stethoscope is a tool cherished by the field of cardiology and ubiquitous throughout medicine. However, little consideration has been given to its safe usage regarding its potential for pathogenic contamination despite thorough evidence that ...
Rajiv S. Vasudevan, Alpesh Amin, Daniel L. Hannula, Alan S. Maisel   +3 more
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Digital Stethoscope to Examine Patients According to Technical Guidelines of Covid-19

Andalas Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, 2021
Health professionals have to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that could cover the entire body to prevent the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus while examining patients.
Muhammad Ilhamdi Rusydi, M. Farhan, Yoan Winata, Dhiny Yurichy Putri, Muhammad Dani Anwar, Daelita Berliana H.   +5 more
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An experimental investigation to model wheezing in lungs [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
A quarter of the world's population experience wheezing. These sounds have been used for diagnosis since the time of the Ebers Papyrus (ca 1500 BC). We know that wheezing is a result of the oscillations of the airways that make up the lung.
A. L. Gregory, A. Agarwal, J. Lasenby
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Tablet-Based Wearable Patch Sensor Design for Continuous Cardiovascular System Monitoring in Postoperative Settings

Biosensors, 2023
Meticulous monitoring for cardiovascular systems is important for postoperative patients in postanesthesia or the intensive care unit. The continuous auscultation of heart and lung sounds can provide a valuable information for patient safety.
Nourelhuda Mohamed, Hyun-Seok Kim, Manal Mohamed, Kyu-Min Kang, Sung-Hoon Kim, Jae Gwan Kim   +5 more
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Non-invasive characterization of human bone marrow stimulation and reconstitution by cell-free messenger RNA sequencing

Nature Communications, 2020
Circulating cell-free mRNA holds great promise as a non-invasive diagnostic biomarker. Here the authors show that cell-free mRNA captures transcripts from the bone marrow and can be used to non-invasively monitor dynamic changes in bone marrow physiology.
Arkaitz Ibarra, Jiali Zhuang, Yue Zhao, Neeraj S. Salathia, Vera Huang, Alexander D. Acosta, Jonathan Aballi, Shusuke Toden, Amy P. Karns, Intan Purnajo, Julianna R. Parks, Lucy Guo, James Mason, Darren Sigal, Tina S. Nova, Stephen R. Quake, Michael Nerenberg   +16 more
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A low-cost solution for converting existing stethoscope into tele-stethoscope in resource-constrained setting for COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
In the present scenario of COVID-19, there has been a sudden surge in demand for tele- consultancy. Such measures require resources to support the system.
Sumit Kalra, Preeti Mutreja, Amit Goyal, Abhinav Dixit   +3 more
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