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August 5, 2025

Digital stethoscope use by non-physician primary care health workers on under-five-year-old children in rural Bangladesh: feasibility study

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SASalahuddin AhmedHNHarish NairSCSteve Cunningham

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Overview

Feasibility study shows non-physician health workers can effectively record lung sounds in children, indicating potential for improved pneumonia diagnosis in rural settings.

Key Points

  • MAIN FINDING: Non-physician primary care health workers can record quality lung sounds from children using a digital stethoscope.
  • KEY EVIDENCE: Quality recordings were achieved in 867 out of 990 children, resulting in an 87.6% interpretability rate.
  • APPROACH: Community health care providers used a digital stethoscope to record lung sounds at designated chest positions in rural clinics.
  • SIGNIFICANCE: This study highlights the potential for non-physician health workers to enhance pneumonia diagnosis in underserved populations.

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Ahmed et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0f99e6551bb0af8d1451https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7243236/v1
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