BACKGROUND Epistaxis is the most common complication of nasotracheal intubation. We compared endotracheal tubes (ETT) obturated with an inflated esophageal stethoscope with normal ETTs with regard to the prevention of epistaxis and navigability, both with and without thermosoftening. METHODS Dental surgical patients requiring nasotracheal intubation were randomly allocated into 1 of 4 groups ...

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) occur in ∼1.7 million patients annually, and 100,000 die, at a cost of $147 billion.1Marchetti A. Rossiter R. Economic burden healthcare-associated infection US acute care hospitals: societal perspective.J Med Econ. 2013; 16: 1399-1404Crossref PubMed Scopus (61) Google Scholar Overall, 85% stethoscopes (the physician’s third hand) are contaminated with t...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effect of stethoscope side and tube length on auscultatory blood pressure (BP) measurement. METHODS Thirty-two healthy participants were studied. For each participant, four measurements with different combinations of stethoscope characteristics (bell or diaphragm side, standard or short tube length) were each recorded at two repeat sessions, and eight Kor...

The first purpose of this study was to compare traditional monitoring methods to electronic instruments for monitoring physiologic parameters during conscious sedation of pediatric dental patients. Traditional methods included careful visual assessment of skin color, airway patency and chest movements, and auscultation of breath and heart sounds using a precordial stethoscope; electronic instru...

A study of contemporary book reviews and other notices enables us to trace the reception of the stethoscope and Laënnec's book between 1816 and 1826. It is quite clear from these that the stethoscope was welcomed with enthusiasm by most people who saw it as the first major diagnostic tool medicine had ever had. Laënnec's book was recognised as being the most important, interesting, accurate, an...

Heart diseases caused by the heart and blood vessels disorders are world’s largest killers. Hence early detection and monitoring of heart abnormalities is essential for diagnosis and effective treatment of heart diseases. This project aims to develop a low cost portable digital stethoscope. The primary function of this system is to work exactly like a normal stethoscope, but having an added adv...