Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The description of cough sounds by healthcare professionals. | Cough BioMed Central Open Access The description of cough sounds by healthcare professionals Jaclyn A Smith 1 H Louise Ashurst2 Sandy Jack2 Ashley A Woodcock1 and John E Earis2 Address 1North West Lung Research Centre South Manchester Hospitals University Trust Wythenshawe Hospital Southmoor Rd Manchester M16 0DR UK and 2Aintree Chest Centre University Hospital Aintree Longmoor Lane Liverpool Merseyside L9 7AL UK Email Jaclyn A Smith - jackyannsmith@ H Louise Ashurst - lollycabbage@ Sandy Jack - sandyjack989@ Ashley A Woodcock - John E Earis - Corresponding author Published 25 January 2006 Received 21 September 2005 Cough2006 2 1 doi l745-9974-2-l Accepted 25 Ja ary 2006 This article is available from http content 2 l l 2006Smith et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Little is known of the language healthcare professionals use to describe cough sounds. We aimed to examine how they describe cough sounds and to assess whether these descriptions suggested they appreciate the basic sound qualities as assessed by acoustic analysis and the underlying diagnosis of the patient coughing. Methods 53 health professionals from two large respiratory tertiary referral centres were recruited 22 doctors and 3l staff from professions allied to medicine. Participants listened to 9 sequences of spontaneous cough sounds from common respiratory diseases. For each cough they selected patient gender the most appropriate descriptors and a diagnosis. Cluster analysis was performed to assess which cough sounds attracted similar descriptions. Results Gender was correctly identified in 93 of .
