Advancing technologies have transformed the detection of heart disease and, in turn, streamlined medical processes and relieved burden on health care systems. Here, Keller speaks more to the impact of ...

History of your doctor’s stethoscope How did a physician listen to a patient’s heartbeat or breathing before the invention of the stethoscope? He listened, he put his ear right down on the patient’s ...

Chest auscultation revealed scattered rhonchi in the bilateral mid- and lower-lung fields, but when asked to cough, Mr. R was unable to produce any sputum. No jugular venous distension or murmurs were ...

During cardiac auscultation, I have the patient lean forward, take a deep breath, and forcefully exhale. The combination of maneuvers causes retractions of the chest cavity, making the heart closer to ...

Lung sound analysis was able to confirm airway narrowing in patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) acute bronchiolitis. Airway narrowing could be found through lung sound analysis in patients ...