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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2022

Cylindrical Tube Stethoscopes: The Value of Practical Equipment in the Management of Patients with Infectious Diseases.

Jian Zhu, Chuan-Yang Jiang, Bin Huang, Ji-Min Hu, Si-Zhen Fang, Ke Huang, Yan-Hong Gao, Jiao Yu

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jian Zhu *Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-1768-5312
Chuan-Yang Jiang *College of Mechanical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun, 113001, People's Republic of China.
Bin Huang *The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China.
Ji-Min HuScience Technology and Standards Center, Jiangsu Testing and Inspection Institute for Medical Devices, Nanjing, 210019, People's Republic of China.
Si-Zhen FangSpectris Instrumentation & Systems Shanghai Ltd. Guangzhou Branch, Guangzhou, 510620, People's Republic of China.
Ke HuangDepartment of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Yan-Hong GaoDepartment of Ultrasound, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Jiao YuCollege of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun, 113001, People's Republic of China.
Central Hospital of Wuhan · CNLiaoning Shihua University · CNGuangzhou Experimental Station · CNNanjing Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has continued for more than two years since its outbreak. Due to the clinical auscultation needs of doctors when wearing airtight protective clothing, a cylindrical tube stethoscope was proposed to address this problem. However, the idea has been questioned by some experts. Methods: To address these questions, we performed three-part experiments using cylindrical tube stethoscopes. First, we performed laboratory tests to detect the sound intensity from a cylindrical tube stethoscope. Second, we improved the cylindrical tube stethoscope to achieve better results. Third, we revealed the difference in the auscultation effects of the cylindrical tube stethoscope and a conventional professional 3 M stethoscope. Results: From these experiments, we found that a narrow cylindrical tube with a diameter of 4.2 cm and a length of 20 cm equipped with a silicone gasket better auscultation of heart sounds. A cylindrical tube stethoscope and a 3 M stethoscope were used to perform stethoscope tests on 10 volunteers. The alveolar lung sounds were 44.478 decibels vs 49.529 decibels, the heart sounds were 46.631 decibels vs 41.109 decibels, and the intestinal sounds were 40.132 decibels vs 43.787 decibels, respectively. Conclusion: This improved cylindrical tube stethoscope can meet the auscultation requirements for cardiorespiratory and abdominal diagnosis during infectious disease pandemics.

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acoustic optimizationauscultationCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2stethoscope

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