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Stethoscope hygiene, workflow, and patient safety: The crux of healthcare-associated infections
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Objective: We evaluated the impressions and perceived workflow consequences following installation of a touch-free aseptic stethoscope barrier dispenser in the clinical environment.
William Peacock +2 more
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Multi-Point Near-Field RF Sensing of Blood Pressures and Heartbeat Dynamics
IEEE Access, 2020 Systolic and diastolic blood pressure estimation using arm-cuff monitors is one of the most common cardiovascular evaluation criteria in healthcare today, however these measures lack critical heartbeat and pressure dynamics.
Xiaonan Hui +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Auscultating heart and breath sounds through patients’ gowns: who does this and does it matter? [PDF]
, 2015 Background Doctors are taught to auscultate with the stethoscope applied to the skin, but in practice may be seen applying the stethoscope to the gown.
Rankin, Alastair J. +2 more
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The History and Evolution of the Stethoscope
Cureus, 2022 This paper is a summary of the evolution of the stethoscope. It goes through the major stages of stethoscope evolution, starting with the first recorded breath sounds and going all the way to the most recent, entirely automated stethoscope pads.
Misha Choudry +3 more
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Implementation of a point-of-care ultrasound skills practicum for hospitalists [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction Point-of-care ultrasound is recognized as a safe and valuable diagnostic tool for patient evaluation. Hospitalists are prime candidates for advancing the point-of-care ultrasound field given their crucial role in inpatient medicine. Despite
Carlos, W. Graham +2 more
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Bacterial Contamination of Ultrasound and Stethoscope Surfaces in Low- and High-Resource Settings.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2022 Point-of-care ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic and monitoring tool. Its increasing affordability, portability, and versatility make it an excellent component of standard clinical evaluation alongside the stethoscope.
M. Heldeweg +6 more
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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 +8 more
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Assessment of pulmonary edema: principles and practice [PDF]
, 2018 Pulmonary edema increasingly is recognized as a perioperative complication affecting outcome. Several risk factors have been identified, including those of cardiogenic origin, such as heart failure or excessive fluid administration, and those related to ...
Assaad, Sherif +4 more
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2020 Stethoscopes are potential vector for health care associated infections worldwide. Ethyl alcohol (EA), isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and chlorhexidine (CH) are widely used for disinfecting stethoscope, however, comparative analysis of these disinfectants are ...
Sheetal Gouda +4 more
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