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Reproducibility of the vesicular breath sounds in normal subjects. 1991

Y Ploysongsang, and V K Iyer, and P A Ramamoorthy
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio.

Nonfiltered (NF) lung sounds from the apical area of the heart along with lung volumes and ECG signals were recorded from 5 normal subjects. The signals were digitized and subjected to three methods of heart sound cancellation: 75-Hz high-pass filtering (75 HF), ECG-triggered blanking (BL) and adaptive noise cancelling (AF) [IEEE Trans. Biomed. Engng 33: 1141-1148, 1986]. The sound signals were then subjected to the fast Fourier transform algorithm to obtain power spectra. Five breaths from each subject were analyzed, and their spectra were similar and slightly skewed to the right. The average values of mean, median and mode frequencies of the whole breath of 5 subjects, respectively, were for NF: 64.62 +/- 3.74, 44.57 +/- 2.06 and 36.75 +/- 1.79 Hz; for 75 HF: 150.42 +/- 17.49, 114.02 +/- 6.43 and 86.16 +/- 3.13 Hz; for BL: 81.76 +/- 6.02, 52.36 +/- 2.79, 41.10 +/- 3.15 Hz; for AF: 96.87 +/- 11.58, 68.23 +/- 10.44 and 52.25 +/- 8.97 Hz. These values showed no differences between subjects. The F values obtained by the two-way analysis of variance of all breaths of all subjects (mean, median, mode) were: NF: 0.161, 0.341, 0.089; 75 HF: 0.455, 0.042, 0.085; BL: 0.108, 0.082, 0.057; AF: 0.130, 0.204, 0.113 (all p greater than 0.1). The data revealed a remarkable lack of variation within and between subjects, suggesting similar sites and mechanisms of production and transmission.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D012135 Respiratory Sounds Noises, normal and abnormal, heard on auscultation over any part of the RESPIRATORY TRACT. Breathing Sounds,Crackles,Lung Sounds,Pleural Rub,Rales,Rhonchi,Stridor,Wheezing,Breathing Sound,Crackle,Lung Sound,Pleural Rubs,Rale,Respiratory Sound,Rhonchus,Rub, Pleural,Sound, Breathing,Sound, Lung,Sound, Respiratory,Sounds, Breathing,Sounds, Lung,Stridors,Wheezings
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005583 Fourier Analysis Analysis based on the mathematical function first formulated by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier in 1807. The function, known as the Fourier transform, describes the sinusoidal pattern of any fluctuating pattern in the physical world in terms of its amplitude and its phase. It has broad applications in biomedicine, e.g., analysis of the x-ray crystallography data pivotal in identifying the double helical nature of DNA and in analysis of other molecules, including viruses, and the modified back-projection algorithm universally used in computerized tomography imaging, etc. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) Fourier Series,Fourier Transform,Analysis, Cyclic,Analysis, Fourier,Cyclic Analysis,Analyses, Cyclic,Cyclic Analyses,Series, Fourier,Transform, Fourier
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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