Back to the future: the novel art of digital auscultation applied in a prospective observational study of critically ill Covid-19 patients.

Evangelos KaimakamisSerafeim KotoulasMyrto TzimouChristos KarachristosChrysavgi GiannakiVassileios KilintzisLeandros StefanopoulosEvangelos ChatzisNikolaos BeredimasBruno RochaDiogo PessoaRui Pedro PaivaNicos MaglaverasMilitsa Bitzani

Published in: Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) (2024)

Respiratory mechanics were associated with various adventitious sounds, whereas the lung sound analytics and the presence of certain adventitious sounds correlated with the ICU outcome and the 90-d survival. Spectral features of crackles sounds can serve as prognostic factors for survival, highlighting the importance of digital auscultation.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
intensive care unit
free survival
sars cov
optical coherence tomography
big data
hiv infected
machine learning
computed tomography
acute respiratory distress syndrome