Auscultation revisited: The waveform and spectral characteristics of breath sounds during general anesthesia

International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-240

  Manecke Jr , Gerard R ^a   Dilger, James P ^a   Kutner, Lisa J ^a   Poppers, Paul J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted ausculation; Lung sounds; Measurement technique

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SOUND DETECTION; STETHOSCOPE; THORAX; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AUSCULTATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031456750     PISSN: 01679945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016994302022     Document Type: Article

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