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Validation of an effective, low cost, Free/open access 3D-printed stethoscope

The modern acoustic stethoscope is a useful clinical tool used to detect subtle, pathological changes in cardiac, pulmonary and vascular sounds. Currently, brand-name stethoscopes are expensive despite limited innovations in design or fabrication in recent decades. Consequently, the high cost of hig...

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Autores principales: Pavlosky, Alexander, Glauche, Jennifer, Chambers, Spencer, Al-Alawi, Mahmoud, Yanev, Kliment, Loubani, Tarek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29538426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193087
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author Pavlosky, Alexander
Glauche, Jennifer
Chambers, Spencer
Al-Alawi, Mahmoud
Yanev, Kliment
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description The modern acoustic stethoscope is a useful clinical tool used to detect subtle, pathological changes in cardiac, pulmonary and vascular sounds. Currently, brand-name stethoscopes are expensive despite limited innovations in design or fabrication in recent decades. Consequently, the high cost of high quality, brand name models serves as a barrier to clinicians practicing in various settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In this publication, we describe the design and validation of a low-cost open-access (Free/Libre) 3D-printed stethoscope which is comparable to the Littmann Cardiology III for use in low-access clinics.
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spelling pubmed-58515432018-03-23 Validation of an effective, low cost, Free/open access 3D-printed stethoscope Pavlosky, Alexander Glauche, Jennifer Chambers, Spencer Al-Alawi, Mahmoud Yanev, Kliment Loubani, Tarek PLoS One Research Article The modern acoustic stethoscope is a useful clinical tool used to detect subtle, pathological changes in cardiac, pulmonary and vascular sounds. Currently, brand-name stethoscopes are expensive despite limited innovations in design or fabrication in recent decades. Consequently, the high cost of high quality, brand name models serves as a barrier to clinicians practicing in various settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In this publication, we describe the design and validation of a low-cost open-access (Free/Libre) 3D-printed stethoscope which is comparable to the Littmann Cardiology III for use in low-access clinics. Public Library of Science 2018-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5851543/ /pubmed/29538426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193087 Text en © 2018 Pavlosky et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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