Tag: technology
The Intensivist’s Challenge: Aging and Career Growth in a High-Stress Medical Specialty
This book brings together personal narratives from critical care medicine specialists around the world. Most of these physicians started in critical care at or before the exponential increase in technological modalities to... read more
Telemedicine in the ICU
This text provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of telemedicine in the ICU. The first part of the book reviews common issues faced by practitioners and hospital administrators in implementing and managing tele-ICU... read more
Bringing Biological ARDS Phenotypes to the Bedside with Machine-learning-based Classifiers
The identification of distinct phenotypes within heterogeneous disease states is a key component of personalised medicine, enabling enrichment of clinical trials, better prognostication, and delivery of tailored treatments... read more
Computer-assisted Individualized Hemodynamic Management Reduces Intraoperative Hypotension
In patients having intermediate- to high-risk surgery, computer-assisted individualized hemodynamic management significantly reduces intraoperative hypotension compared to a manually controlled goal-directed approach. All... read more
Artificial Intelligence Hold Promise in the ICU
In a 2018 article entitled “Human Cognitive Limitations”, the University of Utah's Alan Morris estimated the number of variables an intensivist has to take into account for a patient on mechanical ventilation. He... read more
Multi-task Prediction of Organ Dysfunction in ICUs
The intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital looks after the most medically vulnerable patients, many of whom require organ support, such as mechanical ventilation or dialysis. While always critical, the demand on ICU services... read more
Standardized post-resuscitation damage assessment of two mechanical chest compression devices
The LUCAS 2 device shows superior resuscitation outcomes and less thoracic injuries compared to Corpuls cpr when used for experimental CPR in juvenile pigs. Researchers should be aware that different mCCDs for experimental... read more
Tox and Hound – Metal Hydrides
We are left with four main scenarios in which arsine gas is produced and/or encountered: aqueous solutions of oxidized arsenic compounds in contact with metals metal arsenides in contact with water/moisture release... read more
Low Technology, Mild Controlled Hypothermia for Necrotizing Enterocolitis Treatment
Low technology, mild controlled hypothermia was feasible, not related to adverse effects, and effective treatment for NEC Modified Bell's Stage II/III. It avoided surgery, bowel perforation, and extensive intestinal resection;... read more
Addressing Hospital-Acquired Hypoglycemia
Findings suggest that ensuring a consistent 30-minute window between POC BG measurement and meal delivery enabled nursing staff to perform timely POC BG measurements and administer a more optimal mealtime insulin dose. Increasing... read more
ICU-specific Virtual Reality for Psychological Recovery After ICU COVID-19 Treatment
A substantial number of ICU survivors are expected due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, who are at risk for psychological impairments, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. We designed a COVID-19... read more
Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring With a Wireless Ultrasound Patch
In this Emerging Technology Review, a novel, wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound patch is described as a tool for resuscitation. The device is designed, foremost, as a functional hemodynamic monitor-a simple, fast, and... read more
Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Hypertrophic and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in patients with advanced heart failure due to hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy (HCM/RCM) presents technical and physiologic challenges. We conducted a systematic... read more
Handheld Ultrasound Device Usage and Image Acquisition Ability Among Internal Medicine Trainees
Personal handheld ultrasound devices (HUDs) without direct supervision did not increase the amount of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) usage or improve interns' acquisition abilities. Interns who reported performing more... read more
COVID-19 and VILI: Mechanical Power Measurement
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for a bedside tool for lung mechanics assessment and ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) monitoring. Mechanical power is a unifying concept including all the components which... read more
How can artificial intelligence transform pneumonia diagnosis?
Hot on the heels of FDA approval for its AI-guided cardiac ultrasound software, Caption has received a $4.95m grant from the Gates Foundation to create a version that could speed up pneumonia diagnosis, the leading killer... read more
Use of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia
These findings suggest that iatrogenic hypoglycemia can be predicted in a short-term prediction horizon after each BG measurement during hospitalization. Further studies are needed to translate this model into a real-time... read more
Artificial Intelligence in Telemetry: What Clinicians Should Know
Advances in artificial intelligence are beginning to unlock the potential of telemetry data to directly inform diagnosis and personalized treatment. We can see hints of this in considering the case above. Is a second... read more
Smell test may help spot COVID-19 cases
A scratch-and-sniff screening tool that identifies impaired sense of smell, a common symptom of COVID-19, could help quickly pinpoint cases. Researchers from the University of Colorado in Boulder studied a smell test called... read more
Cancer Biomarker Measurement using a Smartphone
Canadian researchers create technology that reads cancer biomarker like a blood-sugar monitor. Researchers at the Canadian McMaster and Brock universities have created the prototype for a smartphone device to measure a biomarker... read more
Detecting Patient Deterioration Using Artificial Intelligence in a Rapid Response System
The developed artificial intelligence based on deep-learning, deep learning-based early warning system, accurately predicted deterioration of patients in a general ward and outperformed conventional methods. This study... read more
Data Visualization of Recent Sepsis Studies
Medicare is the US federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease. Medicare spending in 2018 was 21% of the national US total... read more
