Breath Sounds From Basic Science to Clinical Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Priftis, Kostas N. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Everard, Mark L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Pediatrics.; Critical care medicine.; Nursing.; Infectious diseases.; Signal processing.; Image processing.; Speech processing systems.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

This book offers up-to-date information on the recording and analysis of respiratory sounds that will assist in clinical routine. The opening sections deliver basic knowledge on aspects such as the physics of sound and sound transmission in the body, a clear understanding of which is key to good cli...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• Part I: General Considerations
• 1 Historic review
• 2 Clinical usefulness of breath sounds
• 3 Nomenclature
• Part II: Sound recording, analysis, and perception. 4 Physics of sounds
• 5 Sound transmission through the human body
• 6 Breath sound recording
• 7 Current techniques for breath sound analysis
• Part III. Respiratory sounds. 8 Normal versus adventitious sounds
• 9 Crackles
• 10 Wheeze
• 11 Other lung sounds
• 12 Cough sound
• 13 Extrathoracic origin sounds
• Part IV. Where Are We Going? 14 Future prospectes for respiratory sound research
• 15 Towards a unified nomenclature
• 16 Epilogue.