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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 162 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Critical care (London, England) |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 2009 |