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Comment
. 2009;13(4):162.
doi: 10.1186/cc7908. Epub 2009 Jul 3.

Acoustic monitoring--super sonics?

John J Marini  1
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Acoustic monitoring--super sonics?

John J Marini. Crit Care. 2009.

Abstract

Vesicular breath sounds, wheezes, rhonchi, and crackles possess acoustic 'signatures' amenable to detection, quantification, and moment-by-moment visual display. Despite technical hurdles, new methods for sonic evaluation, once perfected, should offer innovative diagnostic and monitoring tools that add clinical value. These emerging options complement current 'static/global' monitoring of mechanics and gas exchange with dynamic regional information long missing from the optimal care of the ventilated patient with critical illness.

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