A Handheld X-Ray System: Interview with Evan Ruff and Gregory Kolovich, Co-Founders of OXOS Medical
OXOS Medical, a medtech spin-off out of Georgia Tech, has created the Micro C, an FDA cleared handheld X-ray system that is designed to image the distal extremities, from the shoulder to the hand and from the knee to the foot. The device is intended to prevent situations in which clinicians have to handle and operate large machinery to perform simple X-ray imaging of small bones in the extremities, and allows them to conduct imaging right at the point of care.
The device can be deployed during surgical procedures, and allows surgeons to more easily capture images that could be difficult to obtain using large, fixed equi...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Orthopedic Surgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
A Handheld X-Ray System: Interview with Evan Ruff and Gregory Kolovich, Co-Founders of OXOS Medical
OXOS Medical, a medtech spin-off out of Georgia Tech, has created the Micro C, an FDA cleared handheld X-ray system that is designed to image the distal extremities, from the shoulder to the hand and from the knee to the foot. The device is intended to prevent situations in which clinicians have to handle and operate large machinery to perform simple X-ray imaging of small bones in the extremities, and allows them to conduct imaging right at the point of care.
The device can be deployed during surgical procedures, and allows surgeons to more easily capture images that could be difficult to obtain using large, fixed equi...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Orthopedic Surgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Alcohol Ablation of Vein of Marshall for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Highly diagrammatic representation of coronary veins
Vein of Marshall (VOM) is a tributary of the coronary sinus with abundant sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation. It has been implicated in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). Three reasons described are the myocardial extensions into the structure, node like remnants within the vein and the rich autonomic innervation surrounding it [1] It is anatomically related to the mitral isthmus. Mitral isthmus is the region between the left inferior pulmonary vein ostium and the mitral annulus. Oblique vein of Marshall is the residua of the embryonic l...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 6, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: ECG / Electrophysiology Source Type: blogs
PEA cardiac arrest, ROSC, and no STEMI on ECG. Randomized trials say emergent reperfusion is not indicated, right?
This study had a fatal flaw: they did not keep track of all the " Non-STEMI patients " who were NOT enrolled, but instead were sent for immediate angiogram. It was done in Europe, where the guidelines suggest taking all shockable arrests emergently to the cath lab. So it is highly likely that physicians were very reluctant to enroll patients whom they suspected had Occlusion MI (OMI), even if they did not have STEMI. These physicians did not want a patient with an OMI that was not a STEMI to be randomized to no angiogram. This strong suspicion is supported by their data: only 22 o...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 4, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
Augmented Reality In Healthcare: 9 Examples
Alternate realities offer a gazillion of possibilities for healthcare. Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are not only empty buzzwords in medicine but valid solutions in education, vein or surgical visualisation, relaxing patients, curing PTSD, speeding up recovery in physical therapy – or even supporting medical presentations. However different these technologies are, they are often mixed up. Here are their most significant differences, and 9 examples how AR could really make a differnce in medicine.
The differences between AR, VR, MR and MX
Augmented reality is in a way the en...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Augmented Reality Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers google glass Innovation Surgery technology GC1 AR Source Type: blogs
Should Students Change Answers? | Journal Club with Krista Rompolski | TAPP 104
Krista Rompolski joins us for anotherJournal Club episode —bringing us a study abouthow students change answers on their tests. Is it better for a student to change their multiple choice response or to avoid doing that?The answer may surprise you!00:00 | Introduction00:45 | Journal Club03:21 | Sponsored by AAA03:53 | Article Summary09:13 | Sponsored by HAPI10:00 | Should Students Change Answers?27:44 | Sponsored by HAPS28:21 | Standardized Exams, Test Anxiety, and Mindset53:14 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-104.html🏅 Apply for your c...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 2, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Grading for Proficiency | Book Club: The One World School House | TAPP 103
Can we create a course that ensures a student isproficient in all concept groups and not just insome? Where everyone who passes is at aB+ level of proficiency (or better)? In this episode, host Kevin Patton describes his experiment with what he callsproficiency grading. And we have new andappropriately controversial selection forThe A&P Professor Book Club:The One World School House by Salman Khan.00:00 | Introduction00:56 | Book Club: The One World School House13:30 | Sponsored by AAA14:20 | Does Averaging Grades Measure Proficiency?21:35| Sponsored by HAPI22:20 | Importance of Foundation Concepts29:46| Sponsored by H...
Source: The A and P Professor - October 19, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
We don ’t have to be heroes
On the first day of medical school, our anatomy lab instructor handed us scalpels and told us to skin our cadavers. Early on, I learned: A good physician does not betray her feelings. A good physician suffers long. A good physician embodies resilience. A good physician is imperturbable. This lesson continued throughout training. I contemplated leaving medicineRead more …We don’t have to be heroes originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/yoojin-na" rel="tag" > Yoojin Na, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
Online Testing Effectiveness Data | Turning My Gray Hair Brown | TAPP 102
Can you believe it? Even more questions about mywacky testing scheme are answered in this episode —this time regardingstats demonstrating effectiveness of these strategies. I also talk aboutgray hair turning brown, naturally, whywe do NOT want our students tomaster A&P concepts, and whywe want to become the hippocampus. One of theweirdest episodes yet!00:00 | Introduction00:42 | Growing in Kindness10;02 | Sponsored by AAA10:52 | We Are the Hippocampus17:03| Sponsored by HAPI17:46 | Turn My Gray Hair Brown22:39 | Sponsored by HAPS23:18 | Online Testing: Effectiveness Data50:16 | Staying Connected ★ If you ...
Source: The A and P Professor - October 5, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Even MORE Test Answers | Normal Body Temperature? | TAPP 101
Have you ever really considered the actualmeaning that word "normal" in the context of teaching anatomy and physiology? Is it evenmeaningful at all? We explore that in the context ofhuman body temperature in Episode 101. And I give somepractical tips as we continue our conversation about myopen, online, randomized testing scheme.0:00:00 | Introduction0:00:47 | What Does Normal Mean?0:08:32 | Sponsored by AAA0:10:01 | What is Normal Body Temperature?0:27:21| Sponsored by HAPI0:29:13 | In Our Last Episode...0:32:20 | Sponsored by HAPS0:33:35 | Practical Tips on Testing0:52:39 | What About Lab Practicals?1:01:31 | Staying Con...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 21, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
A man in his 50s with anterior ST elevation and a " tall T wave in V1 "
Written by Pendell MeyersTake a look at this ECG from a 57 yo M without any context first:What do you think? Imagine he presented with chest pain.There is normal sinus rhythm. QRS shows high voltage, likely representing LVH. There is STE in V1-V4 measuring up to 3-3.5 mm, and STD in V5-6. V2 has saddleback morphology, and V3 has a straight ST segment. V4 has slightly convex ST segment.Findings that would potentially favor OMI: large absolute amount of STE, large proportion of STE to QRS in V1-2, STD in areas like V5-6 that would be considered reciprocal to V1-2 area, straight ST segment in V3 and slightly convex in V4.Find...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - September 19, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
