Computerised lung sound analysis to improve the specificity of paediatric pneumonia diagnosis in resource-poor settings: Protocol and methods for an observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ellington, Laura E ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b   Tielsch, James M ^a   Steinhoff, Mark ^a,c   Figueroa, Dante ^d   Rodriguez, Shalim ^e   Caffo, Brian ^a   Tracey, Brian ^f   Elhilali, Mounya ^g   West, James ^g   Checkley, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^e HOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS   (Peru)

^f Tufts University   (United States)

^g Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84857846206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000506     Document Type: Article

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