In defense of the stethoscope

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-369

  Murphy Jr , Raymond L H ^a,b  

^a Stethographics   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Computerized acoustic analysis; Heart sounds; Lung sounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STEROID;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; AUSCULTATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EMPHYSEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STETHOSCOPE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; WHEEZING; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINIMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; STANDARD;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINIMENTS; LUNG DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 44449145166     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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