title: [Nocturnal long-term recording of breath sounds in patients with bronchial asthma -- a reasonable diagnostic option?].
abstract: Alterations in normal breath sounds are an important indication of pathophysiological processes in the bronchial system and the lung. In the presence of non-specific symptoms like dyspnea, wheezing or cough while sleeping it seems reasonable to make a nocturnal long-term recording of breath sounds. Thus specific auscultation phenomena can be recorded qualitative and particularly quantitative in the course. A mobile recording system provides a non-invasive monitoring at home which is independent of vigilance. Furthermore it can be used for follow-up examinations of medical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, SP Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Philipps-Universität, Marburg. koehleru@med.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koehler
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Penzel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vogelmeier
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000502:physiology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*