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dc.contributor.authorMelbye, Hasse
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-31T10:48:19Z
dc.date.available2022-08-31T10:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe usefulness of lung auscultation is changing. It depends on how well practitioners understand the generation of sounds. It also depends on their knowledge on how lung sounds are associated with lung and heart diseases, as well as with other factors such as ageing and smoking habits. In clinical practice, practitioners need to give sufficient attention to lung auscultation, and they should use the same terminology, or at least understand each other’s use of terms. Technological innovations lead to an extended use of lung auscultation. Continuous monitoring of lung sounds is now possible, and computers can extract more information from the complex lung sounds than human hearing is capable of. Learning how to carry out lung auscultation and to interpret the sounds are essential skills in the education of doctors and other health professionals. Thus, new computer based learning tools for the study of recorded sounds will be helpful.<br> In this conference there will be focus on all these determinants for efficient lung auscultation. In addition to free oral presentations, we have three symposia: on computerized analysis based on machine learning, on diagnostics, and on learning lung sounds, including the psychology of hearing. The symposia include extended presentations from invited speakers. The 42nd conference is the first in history arranged by a research unit for general practice. Primary care doctors are probably the group of health professionals that put the greatest emphasis on lung auscultation in their clinical work. Many patients with chest symptoms consult without a known diagnosis, and several studies have shown that general practitioners pay attention to crackles and wheezes when making decisions, for instance when antibiotics are prescribed to coughing patients. In hospital, the diagnosis of lung diseases is more strongly influenced by technologies such as radiography and blood gas analysis. Since lung auscultation holds a strong position in the work of primary care doctors, I think it is just timely, that the 42nd ILSA conference is hosted by General Practice Research Unit in Tromsø. I hope all participants will find presentations of importance, and that the stay in Tromsø will be enjoyable.en_US
dc.descriptionEdited by Hasse Medbye, med bidrag fra flere.<bren_US
dc.identifier.alma999920437393902201
dc.identifier.issn0801-017X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26504
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesISM skriftserie Nr. 182, 2017en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2017 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectlung auscultationen_US
dc.subjectlung sounden_US
dc.subjectlung diseasesen_US
dc.subjectmachine learningen_US
dc.titleILSA 2017 in Tromsø : proceedings from the 42nd annual conference of the International Lung Sound Associationen_US
dc.typeConference objecten_US
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