Keeping PPE barriers in COVID-19 wards while doing proper auscultation.
Auscultation
COVID-19
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Physical examination
Stethoscope
Journal
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
ISSN: 2047-2994
Titre abrégé: Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101585411
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 12 2020
09 12 2020
Historique:
received:
17
06
2020
accepted:
18
11
2020
entrez:
10
12
2020
pubmed:
11
12
2020
medline:
22
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The emerging COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficulties to medical professionals. One of them is the need to use personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to protect themselves and their families, while not compromising their care. Physical examination is one of the cornerstones of medical assessment but parts of it are nearly impossible to do while wearing protective equipment. In this brief report we demonstrate a novel wireless stethoscope and its use for treating suspected and proven COVID-19 patients, as a representative to other infectious diseases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33298120
doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00854-y
pii: 10.1186/s13756-020-00854-y
pmc: PMC7724452
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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