Staszko Kamila Fernanda, Lincho Carla, Engelke Vivian da Cas, Fiori Nádia Spada, Silva Karina Cirino, Nunes Elisa Iribarren, Zhang Linjie
Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
J Bras Pneumol. 2006 Sep-Oct;32(5):400-4.
To evaluate the appropriateness of the use of auscultation terminology in Brazilian respiratory disease-related medical journals published between January of 1980 and December of 2003.
A descriptive study was conducted, evaluating three medical journals: the Jornal de Pneumologia (Journal of Pulmonology), Jornal de Pediatria (Journal of Pediatrics) and Revista Brasileira de Medicina (Brazilian Journal of Medicine). Original articles and case reports about respiratory diseases were selected, and auscultation terminology was extracted from these articles. The appropriateness of terms used to describe adventitious sounds was assessed.
We found that the inappropriate use of terms was more frequent when intermittent sounds were described than when continuous sounds were described (87.7% versus 44.0%; p = 0.0000). No significant difference was observed between the inappropriate use of terms by pulmonologists and that observed for other specialists (56.5% versus 62.0%; p = 0.26). In addition, there were no significant differences among the various regions of the country or between the periods prior to and after the dissemination of international nomenclature.
Inappropriate use of pulmonary auscultation terms describing adventitious sounds remains common and widespread in Brazilian medical publications.
评估1980年1月至2003年12月期间巴西出版的与呼吸系统疾病相关的医学期刊中听诊术语使用的恰当性。
开展一项描述性研究,评估三本医学期刊:《肺科杂志》《儿科学杂志》和《巴西医学杂志》。选取有关呼吸系统疾病的原创文章和病例报告,并从这些文章中提取听诊术语。评估用于描述附加音的术语的恰当性。
我们发现,描述间歇性声音时术语使用不当的情况比描述连续性声音时更频繁(87.7%对44.0%;p = 0.0000)。肺科医生与其他专科医生在术语使用不当方面未观察到显著差异(56.5%对62.0%;p = 0.26)。此外,该国不同地区之间以及国际命名法传播前后的时期之间均未观察到显著差异。
在巴西医学出版物中,描述附加音的肺部听诊术语使用不当的情况仍然普遍且广泛存在。