Digital auscultation in PERCH: Associations with chest radiography and pneumonia mortality in children.
Eric D McCollumDaniel E ParkNora L WatsonNicholas S S FancourtChristopher FochtHenry C BaggettW Abdullah BrooksStephen R C HowieKaren L KotloffOrin S LevineShabir A MadhiDavid R MurdochJ Anthony G ScottDonald M TheaJuliet O AworiJames ChipetaSomchai ChuananonAndrea N DeLucaAmanda J DriscollBernard E EbrukeMounya ElhilaliDimitra EmmanouilidouLouis Peter GithuaMelissa M HigdonLokman HossainYasmin JahanRuth A KarronJoshua KyaloDavid P MooreJustin M MulindwaSathapana NaoratChristine ProsperiCharl VerweyJames E WestMaria Deloria KnollKatherine L O'BrienDaniel R FeikinLaura L HammittPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)
Among lower risk children without WHO danger signs digitally recorded wheezing is associated with a lower odds for radiographic pneumonia and with lower mortality. Although further research is needed, these data indicate that with further development digital auscultation may eventually contribute to child pneumonia care.