Auscultate Obese Patients Using Electronic and Traditional Stethoscopes

Solventum US LLC

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chest Pathology

Treatments: Device: Auscultate with electronic or mechanical stethoscope (3M Littmann)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01665820

Study EM-05-012530

Details and patient eligibility

About

Auscultating Obese patients using the 3M Littmann Electronic Model 3200 Stethoscope is more effective in identifying referrable murmurs than using a traditional stethoscope.

Full description

Study will enroll subjects who have greater than 30 BMI ratings. Each subject will receive 4 auscultation examinations. Two auscultations will be done by a cardiologist using both an acoustic traditional stethoscope and an electronic stethoscope. Two additional auscultations will be done by a 3rd year medical resident also using both an acoustic traditional stethoscope and an electronic stethoscope. All determinations will be compared to echocardiography results.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Greater or equal than 18 years of age
• Referred for an echocardiogram
• obese, as defined as having a BMI greater than 30
• volunteers to participate in study
• agrees to provide copy of echocardiogram exam report

Exclusion criteria

-Investigator believes subject should not be included or is unsuitable for inclusion

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Auscultate with mechanical stethoscope

Description:

Cardiologist \& Medical Resident auscultate using mechanical stethoscope

Treatment:

Device: Auscultate with electronic or mechanical stethoscope (3M Littmann)

Auscultate with electronic stethoscope

Description:

Cardiologist \& Medical Resident auscultate using electronic stethoscope

Treatment:

Device: Auscultate with electronic or mechanical stethoscope (3M Littmann)