Mobile diagnosis: Hamman's crunch in a primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Mobile phone technology is gaining popularity in healthcare systems, particularly in providing clinical care to patients. A novel use of a mobile phone by a patient to record praecordial sounds (Hamman's crunch) is described which helped in the diagnosis of his condition.
Jaiganesh
Thiagarajan
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Emergency Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, UK. Jaiganesh@doctors.org.uk
Wright
Kate
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Sadana
Arvinder
A
D000328:Adult; D040421:Cell Phone; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds