Tracking asthma exacerbation with AI-enabled stethoscope

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StethoMe is the newest tool using artificial intelligence (AI) to track asthma symptoms at home. Specifically, the device records auscultatory sounds and measures heart rate and respiratory rates to detect exacerbation discriminators such as wheeze and rhonchi intensity in children aged 5 and younger.

The AI-enabled stethoscope provides reliable data for physicians, according to Andrzej Emeryk, MD, PhD, DSc, a professor in the department of pediatric pulmonology and rheumatology at the Medical University of Lublin in Poland.

The StethoMe also measures heart rate, respiratory rate and inspiration-to-expiration duration ratio (I/E). Its wireless design transfers these recordings and data to a mobile app for analysis. Results can easily be displayed. As a side benefit, the app surveys users about other health information. It was designed with data from more than 10,000 recordings of respiratory sounds.

During the device’s study period, participants used it to track asthma exacerbation once a day for 30 minutes or less, after administration of asthma control drugs for the first 14 days. For the rest of the study period, participants performed examinations at least once per week. Participants performed examinations twice a day when they experienced exacerbations or other alarming symptoms. 

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