Abstract
The stethoscope: celebration or cremation after 200 years?
Highlights
At the moment, there are many divergent views on the value of using the stethoscope as a primary diagnostic tool for clinical investigation [1,2,3]
Laennec introduced a cylindrical device, open at each end, to auscultate the thorax. He called his instrument a stethoscope, whose name is derived from the Greek words stethos, i. e. chest, and skopeo i. e. to look at
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a stethoscope that can faithfully reproduce those sounds on a cell phone application thousands of miles away or send them directly to an electronic medical record
Summary
There are many divergent views on the value of using the stethoscope as a primary diagnostic tool for clinical investigation [1,2,3]. Since its introduction in 1816, the stethoscope has been an indispensable bedside approach for listening to heart sounds.
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