OBJECTIVES To compare the contamination level of physicians' hands and stethoscopes and to explore the risk of cross-transmission of microorganisms through the use of stethoscopes. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a structured prospective study between January 1, 2009, and May 31, 2009, involving 83 inpatients at a Swiss university teaching hospital. After a standardized physical examination...

In recent years, electronic stethoscopes have been combined with artificial intelligence (AI) technology to digitally acquire heart sounds, intelligently identify valvular disease and congenital disease, improve the accuracy of diagnosis. The research on AI-based intelligent stethoscopy mainly focuses AI algorithms, commonly used methods are end-to-end deep learning algorithms machine based fea...

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