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A system to capture physical examination data suitable for paediatric practice
Author(s) -
DAWSON K. P.,
FINDLAY G. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1990.tb02433.x
Subject(s) - medicine , keypad , software , physical examination , data collection , software package , personal computer , human–computer interaction , computer hardware , operating system , computer science , surgery , statistics , mathematics
A method is described to capture data on the physical examination of children. A personal computer with a keyboard, keypad and screen is used along with a menu driven software package. Little knowledge of computing is necessary and the system can be used to produce hard copy when a suitable printer is added. Accumulated data may be transferred to a statistical package for future analysis. The method used to capture data from children with respiratory disease, particularly acute asthma, is described here, but it is stressed that the method can be adapted easily to data collection from the results of the physical examination of any system.