3. Assessment of accuracy and sensitivity of the device in our
cohort of SMA children.
The audio files recorded by carers with the Tytocare digital stethoscope
resulted clear when listened to remotely. The overall quality value
assigned by the remote team was “very good” (5/5 points). The
vesicular murmur was detectable and rated as “very clear” in 20 (87%)
children out of 23 (%) and 3/23 (13%) was “slightly disturbed” due
to background noise (same as digital stethoscope friction, TV, voices).
The remote team did not rate as “highly disturbed” none of the
recordings.
All our patients had normal respiratory findings and these were
concordant between the “bed-side” multidisciplinary teamconventional auscultation and the remote assessment in all cases.