Listening to breath sounds with the stethoscope/auscultation is used by pulmonary physicians in conjunction with pulmonary function, signs and symptoms, oxygen saturation and diagnostic testing to admit, follow and discharge patients from hospital. Of these, only auscultation routinely ceases upon discharge from Hospital. Healthcare utilization statistics have shown that for more than a decade, readmission after discharge for an exacerbation of COPD or severe asthma (or chronic heart failure) remains a major problem. The Strados System has been designed to extend the range of lung sound recording both geographically and temporally to improve the standard of care when access to continuous monitoring has been replaced by periodic or no monitoring. The primary purpose of this study is to assess the clinical utility of the Strados System in enabling periodic recording and reviewing of breath sounds in patients with chronic respiratory diseases, either in the ICU, or in less continuously monitored settings, including after inpatient discharge.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
The RESP device will be placed on the patient for periodic recording of auscultory sound.
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Clinical utility as assessed by the PI
To assess the clinical utility of Strados Systems in enabling periodic recording and reviewing of lung breath sounds of inpatients with chronic respiratory diseases in ICU , and less continuously monitored settings.
Time frame: Periodic recording over 12 to 24 hours
Clinical utility as assessed by other clinicians
Time frame: Periodic recording over 12 to 24 hours
Correlation of RESP data with other measures of patient status.
Time frame: Periodic recording over 12 to 24 hours
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