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Ultrasound technique offers more precise, quantified assessments of lung health

October 16, 2020 by Zakia

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina have developed a technique that uses ultrasound to provide non-invasive assessments of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary edema. The technique has been shown to both quantify lung scarring and detect lung fluid in rats. A study on pulmonary edema in humans is under way.

The new ultrasound technique is significant because it would allow healthcare providers to determine how effective medical interventions are at reducing lung scarring (pulmonary fibrosis) or fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema).

“Assessing the extent of fibrosis in the lung currently requires computerized tomography (CT) scans, and sophisticated pulmonary function tests,” says Marie Muller, co-senior author of the study and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. “Both aspects of the assessment present challenges. [Read more…] about Ultrasound technique offers more precise, quantified assessments of lung health

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Filed Under: Health, News Tagged With: edema, fibrosis, health, lung, patients, pulmonary, technique, ultrasound

Program to improve outcomes for surgery for older patients shows promise

October 5, 2020 by Zakia Leave a Comment

People age 65 years and older account for 40 percent of inpatient operations and one-third of outpatient procedures, and these older patients are more vulnerable to longer hospital stays and other complications after surgery than younger patients.

A beta test of a program for older adults who undergo major surgery has resulted in shorter hospital stays and lower rates of post-surgery delirium, among other improved outcomes, according to research presented at the virtual American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2020.

The Aging Veterans Surgical Wellness (AVSW) program at the Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, served as a beta testing site for the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification program (ACS GSV). [Read more…] about Program to improve outcomes for surgery for older patients shows promise

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Aiming for accuracy

September 15, 2020 by Zakia Leave a Comment

As the Covid-19 pandemic has swept the world, researchers have published hundreds of papers each week reporting their findings – many of which have not undergone a thorough peer review process to gauge their reliability.

In some cases, poorly validated research has massively influenced public policy, as when a French team reported COVID patients were cured by a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.

The claim was widely publicized, and soon U.S. patients were prescribed these drugs under an emergency use authorization. Further research involving larger numbers of patients has cast serious doubts on these claims, however. [Read more…] about Aiming for accuracy

Filed Under: Life, News Tagged With: biotechnology, developing, machine, medicine, oprea, patients, private-sector, process, researchers, review, validated, week

Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy rest

September 12, 2020 by Zakia Leave a Comment

MIT researchers have developed a wireless, private way to monitor a person’s sleep postures – whether snoozing on their back, stomach, or sides – using reflected radio signals from a small device mounted on a bedroom wall.

The device, called BodyCompass, is the first home-ready, radio-frequency-based system to provide accurate sleep data without cameras or sensors attached to the body, according to Shichao Yue, who will introduce the system in a presentation at the UbiComp 2020 conference on September 15.

The PhD student has used wireless sensing to study sleep stages and insomnia for several years. [Read more…] about Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy rest

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Making health care more personal

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Now the company Health at Scale is making health care more proactive and personalized – and, true to its name, it’s doing so for millions of people.

Health at Scale uses a new approach for making care recommendations based on new classes of machine-learning models that work even when only small amounts of data on individual patients, providers, and treatments are available. [Read more…] about Making health care more personal

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