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auscultating the Old Lada
15 July 2011, 12:17 pm
Matsukin Flickr Group
auscultating the Old Lada - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
July 15
from Flickr User's Group Pool
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Le*Gluon has added a photo to the pool:
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 2011. Looking at what's still on the street from the soviet era, Tajik mechanics are magicians. - matsukin
Gurgling or Death Rattle? Does it predict pneumonia?
23 January 2011, 5:49 pm
Science and Reason Net
Gurgling or Death Rattle? Does it predict pneumonia? - http://www.pallimed.org/2011...
January 23, 2011
from Research Blogging - All...
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The physical exam is an important skill for the practitioner of palliative medical arts because we may be working with patients in their home where technical diagnostic options are limited or in a treatment mode that has been defined by avoiding further diagnostic tests. So I am particularly interested by any article that discusses clinical examination skills relevant to palliative medicine. Of course the title did not hurt in causing me to pause. "Gurgling Breath Sounds May Predict Hospital Acquired Pneumonia" by Dr. Rodrigo Vasquez et al. published in Chest (article behind paywall) is one of only 6 articles in all of PubMed that have 'gurgling' in the title. The research team from Bridgeport Hospital in Conencticut, examined patients in the 24 hours near admission by
auscultating over the throat (glottis) during quiet breathing and speech. Interestingly they mention examination near admission but they also include this caveat: 'or at any time during admission.' How often people were... - Charles Daney