patient assessment Articles
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What tools are available for management of Lower Anterior Resection Syndrome - LARS
To address the lack of a standardized approach for the management of LARS, a bowel management program, called BOREAL, was developed and evaluated in this study, aiming to highlight the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of timely assessment and treatment of LARS. Low anterior resection is a common after sphincter-preserving, rectal cancer surgery and can contribute to long-term bowel ...
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Assessment of patient doses in X-ray diagnostics
This paper presents a computer code for the assessment of absorbed effective doses and dose equivalents in X-ray diagnostics. The absorbed doses in a patient's tissues in various X-ray examinations were estimated using the Monte Carlo method. The X-ray spectra generated by the empirical TASMIP model were verified. Further simulations were based on an anthropomorphic phantom of a standard adult. ...
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Viable SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant detected in aerosols in a residential setting with a self-isolating college student with COVID-19
Highlights Viable Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 collected from air samples in a residential environment. SARS-CoV-2 detected in an area of a single-family dwelling distant from an isolation suite occupied by COVID-19 patient. Assessment of air samples and surface swab samples by rRT-qPCR and cell culture for SARS-CoV-2. Employment of air samplers functioning based on different collection ...
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RARE ANSWERS™: A System to Improve Patient Outcomes - Case study
At Alexion, our mission is to transform the lives of people affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions. In addition to developing and delivering life-changing medicines, this mission drives us to seek opportunities to advance innovative solutions to system-wide challenges faced by rare disease patients, such as the “diagnostic odyssey.” What is the Diagnostic Odyssey? ...
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Noninvasive Cardiac Event Monitoring to Detect Atrial Fibrillation After Ischemic Stroke, A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Background and Purpose - Atrial fibrillation (AF) elevates risk of recurrent stroke but is incompletely identified by standard investigation after stroke, though detection rates correlate with monitoring duration. We hypothesized that 7 days of noninvasive cardiac-event monitoring early after stroke would accelerate detection of AF and thus uptake of effective therapy. Methods - We ...
By Novacor
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What happens in physiotherapy assessment?
Physiotherapy is a process wherein the professionals known as physiotherapists provide a series of physical therapy to restore or improve a patient's physical health. Now to prescribe a plan to start the treatment, a physical examination or assessment is done to understand the best course of treatment and help keep a track of the progress. Also, physiotherapy assessment is done to evaluate ...
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Why open-source AI platforms are the future of patient health tracking in clinical trials
Imagine you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer and you’re enrolled in a clinical trial for a promising new drug. You notice that after chemotherapy you struggle with occasional fatigue. Yet, whenever you visit your doctor every couple of weeks, you feel fine. This is not only a frustrating experience for patients, but it can also compromise the safety data in a clinical trial. The ...
By AiCure
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Driving Data-driven Medicine to Advance Personalized Care
Clinical trials are often designed with the participant’s everyday life in mind – trying to gather as much clinically-relevant data in a controlled manner as possible while allowing individuals to live their regular lives. However, it is true that trials are artificial environments, and participants are actively monitored to ensure their safety and to determine the efficacy of a drug ...
By AiCure
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MRE associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with NAFLD - Case study
A new study was published in March of 2021 demonstrating that elevated liver stiffness, as measured by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). As clinical researchers, regulators and pharmaceutical partners pursue noninvasive biomarkers to replace liver biopsy, links to adverse ...
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Arterial reconstruction with human bioengineered acellular blood vessels in patients with peripheral arterial disease
Abstract Objective: Vascular conduit is essential for arterial reconstruction for a number of conditions, including trauma and atherosclerotic occlusive disease. We have developed a tissue-engineered human acellular vessel (HAV) that can be manufactured, stored on site at hospitals, and be immediately available for arterial vascular reconstruction. Although the HAV is acellular when implanted, ...
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What is a Posturography?
What is it? Posturography is a non-evasive technique that quantifies an individual’s balance behavior in upright stance. As mentioned in previous articles (What is Balance?), balance is achieved and maintained by a complex set of sensorimotor control systems, which includes the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems. It is through their integration in real time by the central ...
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Evolution of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody and IgG Avidity Post Pfizer and Moderna mRNA Vaccinations
Abstract Messenger RNA (mRNA) based vaccines (Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna) are highly effective at providing immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, there is uncertainty about the duration of immunity, evolution of IgG antibody levels and IgG avidity (an index of antibody-antigen binding strength), and differences in the immune responses between ...
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Clinical and operational benefits of EchoGo® Heart Failure for HFpEF detection
Preliminary results of a large-scale study demonstrating the clinical benefits of EchoGo® Heart Failure were shared at the American College of Cardiology (ACC 2023) conference last month. Using only an apical four-chamber ultrasound view, this new AI-enabled platform can identify heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and has been shown to minimize the indeterminate ...
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Five Year Outcomes in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Who Received a Bioengineered Human Acellular Vessel for Dialysis Access
Objective: Patients with end stage renal failure who require haemodialysis suffer morbidity and mortality due to vascular access. Bioengineered human acellular vessels (HAVs) may provide a haemodialysis access option with fewer complications than other grafts. In a prospective phase II trial from 2012 to 2014 (NCT01744418), HAVs were implanted into 40 haemodialysis patients at three sites in ...
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The New Guidelines For Interventional Oncology - And How Micromate™ Seamlessly Fits Into Them
Interventional Oncology, the 4th pillar of modern cancer care Until the late 90s, modern cancer care consisted of three pillars of treatment: surgery (through tumor resection), radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. These pillars address tumors directly, removing or destroying lesions. Although immunotherapy specialists devised ingenious ways to use the patients’ own immune system to better ...
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Why is Nafion Tubing the solution to moisture in Pulmonary Function Testing?
Nafion is a polymer that can add/remove select materials, including water vapor, to a gas stream through a first order kinetic reaction (a chemical reaction). Because it’s non-porous, other molecules cannot pass through it. This unique property makes it ideal for medical applications such as removing water vapor from breath samples or adding humidity to gas samples for therapeutic ...
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How eCOA Improves Patient Experience and Data Quality
With the rising demand for improving patient safety in clinical trials, the adoption of patient-centric solutions is considered the best route to enhance data accuracy and experience automated workflows. This is where eCOA comes into play. In this blog post, we will find out how electronic clinical outcome assessments are helping the clinical trials industry handle the ever-growing list of ...
By Clinion
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Adenocarcinomas and Their Often Misleading Symptoms When Dyspepsia Is an Indication of Cancer - Case Study
Medical History Jane is a 40-year-old, married mother of two teenage boys. She teaches at the local elementary school and has been in good health for most of her life. She has no surgical history. Her most severe ailment up to this point has been the flu at age 27. Her students are first-graders; they are often difficult to control. She also experiences the normal stresses of raising ...
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Familiar but Mysterious: Understanding Software as a Medical Device
As technology continues to advance software has become an important part of most products. It has become integrated widely into medical platforms. In 2019, the Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) market was estimated at about $18.4 million, and it is projected to reach $86 million by 2027 at an annual growth rate of 21.9%. As one of the fastest growing sectors in healthcare, we explore when ...
By BioT Medical
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The Benefits of Decentralized Clinical Trials for Neurology
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed the implementation of decentralized clinical trials in neurology, bringing the immense benefits of clinical trials to light. This industry-wide push towards trial decentralization has emerged as a key element for improving clinical trial efficiency and improving the experience for patients and physicians. By utilizing digital technologies, such as wearables, ...
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