The field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support with ventricular assist devices has lagged significantly behind that of adult patients. However, there is increasing attention on the emerging field of pediatric ventricular assist device support. In this review, part of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society/Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Joint Consensus Statement on Mechani...

To examine how patient safety considerations are incorporated into medical device purchasing decisions, individuals involved in recent infusion pump purchasing decisions at three different health care organizations were interviewed using a structured interview process. Interview questions covered triggers for the purchasing process; the purchasing process itself; how safety was evaluated and in...

PrePex™ (Circ MedTech Ltd., Tortola, British Virgin Islands) devices are being evaluated in several countries for scale-up of medical male circumcision (MMC) as an HIV prevention intervention. Health care workers' perceptions should be considered prior to scale-up. A cross-sectional open-ended questionnaire was administered to health care workers from nine MMC programs in South Africa that prov...

UNLABELLED Until recently, Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) measurements have typically been used to monitor patients on warfarin through institutional laboratories via venous puncture. The Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) device has revolutionized the patient care process by allowing for laboratory testing outside of the central laboratory. OBJECTIVE To analyze humanistic...

To support patients with brain disturbances the mobile distributed care system named Mobtel is designed, implemented and tested in the daycare clinic for cognitive neurology at Leipzig University. The distributed care system is based on a platform independent implementation using Corba technologies. The mobile device, a palmtop computer, communicates with the stationary care system via bidirect...

BACKGROUND Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH) leads to surgical complications and increases length of stay. IPH rates are high with the current standard of care, forced air warming (FAW). Our hypothesis is that a prototype thermal compression device that heats the popliteal fossa and soles of the feet, with lower leg compression, increases perioperative temperatures and reduces IPH com...

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objective and aims intrauterine devices (iuds) are placed in the uterine cavity with the objective of providing long-term contraception, mainly by preventing fertilization. in this research has been tried to show that method of iud insertion is effective to decrease complications’ incidence . rotating withdrawal technique is presenting, has been using for this purpose. design and setting this h...

This paper describes the development of the sensor interface and driver program for a point of care (POC) device. The proposed POC device comprises an ARM9 embedded processor and eightchannel sensor input to measure various bio-signals. It features a user-friendly interface using a fullcolor TFT-LCD and touch-screen, and a bluetooth wireless communication module. The proposed device is based on...