01-07-2017 | Short Communication
Digital stethoscopes compared to standard auscultation for detecting abnormal paediatric breath sounds
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 7/2017
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What is Known:
• The audiological characteristics of abnormal breath sounds have been well-described in adult populations but not in children.
• Inter-observer agreement for detection of pathological breath sounds using standard auscultation has been shown to be poor, but the clinical value of now easily available digital stethoscopes has not been sufficiently examined.
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What is New:
• Digital stethoscopes can objectively define the nature of pathological breath sounds such as wheeze and crackles in children.
• Paediatric wheeze was better detected by digital stethoscopes than by standard auscultation performed by an expert paediatric clinician.
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