2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.11.18.21266302
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A study protocol for community use of digital auscultation to improve diagnosis of paediatric pneumonia in Bangladesh

Abstract: IntroductionThe World Health Organisation’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) algorithm relies on counting respiratory rate and observing respiratory distress to diagnose childhood pneumonia. IMCI performs with high sensitivity but low specificity, leading to over-diagnosis of child pneumonia and unnecessary antibiotic use. Including lung auscultation in IMCI could improve pneumonia diagnosis. Our objectives are: (i) assess lung sound recording quality by primary health care workers (HCWs) fr… Show more

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