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stethoscope
An instrument invented by Rene Laennec for listening to respiratory & cardiac sounds in the chest, now modified & used in various ways for auscultation of vascular & other sounds in various parts of the body.
Notes:
- a novel stethoscope that uses a tablet computer can recognize 5 different respiratory sounds: normal, rhonchi, wheezes, fine crackles, coarse crackles [2]
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auscultation
Laennec, Rene R.T.
General
device (medical device)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Ohshimo S, Sadamori T, Tanigawa K.
Innovation in Analysis of Respiratory Sounds.
Ann Intern Med. Published online 16 February 2016
PMID: 26882464
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2491914