Characteristics of Patients Included in the Study
allergic, Allergy, fever, hemorrhagic, throat, rash, agitation, Chronic disease
ALLERGY, DISEASE, CHRONIC DISEASES, SECONDARY INFECTION, CHRONIC DISEASE
Chronic disease was defined as the presence of more than 1 disease or condition at the same time.Some patients presented with 2 or more chronic diseases or diagnoses.Long-term medication was defined as medications used for an extended period to treat chronic diseases.Allergy was defined as any allergic process associated with drugs, food, or the environment.When analyzing the outcome of auscultations, it should be noted that the sample for this variable was smaller than the sample for other outcomes (samples ranged from 628-640 patients depending on the variable). This smaller sample size was associated with auscultations that could not be performed successfully, particularly in infants. Significantly more auscultations in infants were adversely affected by crying and agitation when auscultation was performed using the device (250 of 254 auscultations [98.4%]; 49 heart murmur, 45 heart rhythms, 48 heart sounds, 53 lung adventitious sounds, and 55 lung vesicular sounds) than in a conventional consultation (29 of 254 auscultations [11.4%]; 5 heart murmur, 2 heart rhythms, 5 heart sounds, 7 lung adventitious sounds, and 10 lung vesicular sounds) (eTable 1 in The concordance values (primary outcome) were 90% or greater for variables associated with skin examination (94% for rash, 100% for hemorrhagic suffusion, and 95% for signs of secondary infection), characteristics of the mucosa (98% for hydration and 97% for coloring), and heart (95% for murmur, 97% for rhythms, and 98% for sounds), lung (91% for adventitious sounds, 97% for vesicular sounds, and 90% for fever), and abdominal (92% for abdominal sounds) auscultations. The values were lower for otoscopy (72% for the ear canal and 86% for the tympanic membrane), throat and oral examination (72%), and rhinoscopy (79% for mucosa and 81% for secretion) (