Source: estableman/Pixabay René Laennec and Anna Li are both innovative problem-finders from the world of medicine. In the 1860s, Laennec, a French physician, wanted a more effective way to listen to ...
Daniel O’Neill, BSc (Hons), RN, GIBiol, PGDip, ALS, ATNC. Staff Nurse and Student Extended Nurse Practitioner, Accident and Emergency Department, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey This paper examines the ...
A digital stethoscope that uses artificial intelligence (AI) is better at detecting heart murmurs associated with clinically significant valvular heart disease (VHD) than is a primary care physician ...
TECHNOLOGY doesn’t frighten me, but I fear it's a threat to the fate of that humble badge of doctors everywhere – the stethoscope. A highly rated colleague recently suggested in a prestigious medical ...
Stethoscopes can pick up bacteria directly from a patient's skin Doctors should disinfect their stethoscopes after every examination because the instruments are heavily contaminated by bacteria, a ...
The stethoscope is among the most enduring symbols of the medical profession In TV medical dramas, doctors and nurses are never without one. At the surgery, it is the GP's best friend. Along with the ...
Ask any doctor and it’s likely they’ll remember it – the weight of it, the colour, the pride of wearing it for the first time. The day a medical student gets their first stethoscope is the day they ...
Stethoscopes can pick up bacteria directly from a patient's skin Doctors should disinfect their stethoscopes after every examination because the instruments are heavily contaminated by bacteria, a ...
The stethoscope is among the most enduring symbols of the medical profession In TV medical dramas, doctors and nurses are never without one. At the surgery, it is the GP's best friend. Along with the ...