Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant risk factor for stroke and early detection of AF may help to identify patients in need of treatment. Automated blood pressure (BP) monitors with implemented AF or arrhythmia detection systems may be a useful tool for early diagnosis of AF. A systematic review (Medline/PubMed, Embase, Cochrane) of studies was performed to assess the accuracy of modified ...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the treatment of choice for most patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. CPAP therapy is mainly used to improve daytime function but increasingly some centres are using CPAP to attempt to decrease cardiovascular risk. CPAP can be one of the most eVective forms of therapy in modern medicine. However, not all patients find this ther...

© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 Miniemulsions are specially formulated heterophase systems consisting of stable nanodroplets in a continuous phase. The narrowly size distributed nanodroplets of 50 to 500 nm can be prepared by shearing a system containing oil, water, a surfactant, and an osmotic pressure agent which is insoluble in the continuous phase. Since each of the nanodroplets ca...

Despite being a cornerstone of agile development, surprisingly little is known about how organizations assimilate continuous integration (CI) and what organizational changes the practice implies. Through a systematic literature review complemented by case study research we address this gap and develop a conceptual framework describing organizational implications of CI assimilation. We employ ad...

OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review of validation studies of blood pressure measuring devices done using the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol (ESH-IP) since its publication in 2002. METHODS Major aspects of ESH-IP studies are described. A review of the ESH-IP performance, problems and violations in its application, and the effect of applying several more stringent ...