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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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The roles of stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers in hospital-acquired infections: a case study of some district hospitals in Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria [PDF]

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that patients acquire while receiving treatments for other conditions. Studies have shown that stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers can act as potential sources of these infections in patients ...
Emmanuel I. Umegbolu
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Neural Stethoscopes: Unifying Analytic, Auxiliary and Adversarial Network Probing [PDF]

arXiv.org, 2018
Model interpretability and systematic, targeted model adaptation present central tenets in machine learning for addressing limited or biased datasets. In this paper, we introduce neural stethoscopes as a framework for quantifying the degree of importance
F. Fuchs, O. Groth, Adam R. Kosiorek, A. Bewley, Markus Wulfmeier, A. Vedaldi, I. Posner   +6 more
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Digital auscultation in clear and present threat of novel respiratory infectious disease: a narrative review [PDF]

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has underscored the limitations of traditional diagnostic methods, particularly in ensuring the safety of healthcare workers and patients during infectious outbreaks.
Heeeon Lee, Gun Kim, Jacob Sangwoon Bae
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Respiratory Disease Classification and Biometric Analysis Using Biosignals from Digital Stethoscopes [PDF]

European Signal Processing Conference, 2023
Respiratory diseases remain a leading cause of mortality worldwide, highlighting the need for faster and more accurate diagnostic tools. This work presents a novel approach leveraging digital stethoscope technology for automatic respiratory disease ...
C. A. Casado, Manuel Lage Cañellas, Matteo Pedone, Xiao-Ting Wu, L. Nguyen, Miguel Bordallo López   +5 more
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Comparing the auscultatory accuracy of health care professionals using three different brands of stethoscopes on a simulator

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2014
Mansoor Mehmood,1 Hazem L Abu Grara,1 Joshua S Stewart,2 Faisal A Khasawneh3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Northwest Texas Hospital, 3Section of Infectious Diseases ...
Mehmood M, Abu Grara HL, Stewart JS, Khasawneh FA   +3 more
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Stethoscope, Hands, and Mobile Phone: Bacterial Contamination and Infection Control among Medical and Nursing Students in Jordan

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2022
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial contamination that is present on stethoscopes, mobile phones, and hands along with the level of self-reported cleaning practices among medical students.
Nesreen BATAINEH, Waleed Al MOMANI, Luai Abu-ISMAIL, Almu’atasim KHAMEES, Ismail MALKAWI, Dima Abu ISMAIL, Leen Al MOMANI, Moawia KHATABEH, Muthanna SARAIREH   +8 more
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Technical Characterization of Digital Stethoscopes: Toward Scalable Artificial Intelligence-Based Auscultation

Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 2023
Digital stethoscopes can enable the development of integrated artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can remove the subjectivity of manual auscultation, improve diagnostic accuracy, and compensate for diminishing auscultatory skills.
Youness Arjoune, Trong-Nghia Nguyen, Robin W. Doroshow, R. Shekhar   +3 more
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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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Hospital Physicians’ Stethoscopes: Bacterial Contamination After a Simple Cleaning Protocol

Cureus, 2023
Background: Stethoscope surfaces become contaminated with bacteria due to inconsistent cleaning practices, as cleaning frequency and practical cleansing approaches are not well-established. Methods: We investigated bacterial contamination of stethoscopes
Rachel L Dressler, Bonnie Cruser, D. Dressler   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source