The reliability of lung crackle characteristics in cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis patients in a clinical setting

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 903-912

  Marques, Alda ^a   Bruton, Anne ^b   Barney, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crackles; Lung sounds; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CRACKS; DISEASES; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CLINICAL POPULATION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COMPUTER-AIDED; CRACKLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; INITIAL DEFLECTION; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LUNG SOUND ANALYSIS; LUNG SOUNDS; OUT-PATIENTS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CRACKLE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STETHOSCOPE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ANTHROPOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 70350440666     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/9/003     Document Type: Article

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