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Cardio-Charting: Universal Method of Recording Heart Auscultation.

Cardio-Charting: Universal Method of Recording Heart Auscultation. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The chief purpose of this fifty-eight-page manual is to describe a method of presenting cardiac auscultatory findings in graphic form rather than in descriptive language in a patient's written record. Symbols are used to denote pitch and intensity of heart sounds as well as pertinent information about murmurs. The author suggests that this method of charting heart sounds and murmurs will simplify difficulties in communication and perhaps increase the accuracy of the recorded findings. No doubt Dr. Briskier's method will be of some value to the physician interested in becoming adept at this form of shorthand, using either Dr. Briskier's symbols or some of his own devising. It would be convenient for serial examinations of the same patient by the same physician. One rather minor advantage of the graphic method is that it conserves space on the written page. However, inasmuch as auscultation is subjective, I doubt that recording the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Cardio-Charting: Universal Method of Recording Heart Auscultation.

A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 101 (6) – Jun 1, 1958

Cardio-Charting: Universal Method of Recording Heart Auscultation.

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The chief purpose of this fifty-eight-page manual is to describe a method of presenting cardiac auscultatory findings in graphic form rather than in descriptive language in a patient's written record. Symbols are used to denote pitch and intensity of heart sounds as well as pertinent information about murmurs. The author suggests that this method...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1958 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0888-2479
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1958.00260180170035
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The chief purpose of this fifty-eight-page manual is to describe a method of presenting cardiac auscultatory findings in graphic form rather than in descriptive language in a patient's written record. Symbols are used to denote pitch and intensity of heart sounds as well as pertinent information about murmurs. The author suggests that this method of charting heart sounds and murmurs will simplify difficulties in communication and perhaps increase the accuracy of the recorded findings. No doubt Dr. Briskier's method will be of some value to the physician interested in becoming adept at this form of shorthand, using either Dr. Briskier's symbols or some of his own devising. It would be convenient for serial examinations of the same patient by the same physician. One rather minor advantage of the graphic method is that it conserves space on the written page. However, inasmuch as auscultation is subjective, I doubt that recording the

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A.M.A. Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 1, 1958

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