Important Complications of Eisenmenger Syndrome
Transcript of the video: Eisenmenger syndrome is an important complication of large left to right shunts which develop later due to development of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease and severe pulmonary hypertension. The first report of Eisenmenger was by Victor Eisenmenger in 1897 and that was in a thirty year old person who later succumbed to massive hemoptysis. This highlights one of the most important complications of Eisenmenger syndrome, that is airway hemorrhage. Airway hemorrhage can occur in those who ascend to high altitude and during air travel. But it commonly occurs at low level itself. It is one of the mo...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
What Will Blood Testing Look Like In The Near Future?
The traditional process of blood draw is familiar to everyone. It typically involves visiting a healthcare facility where a professional, such as a nurse or phlebotomist, draws the blood. Patients then wait for results that are often challenging for non-professionals to interpret.
This analysis aims to explore how this universally recognized procedure has evolved recently and how it is expected to change in the next 5-10 years, especially in the context of digital health.
Initially, blood draw was a purely manual process, requiring skilled professionals for both the drawing and the analysis. The procedure and e...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF lab test blood draw Source Type: blogs
7 Medical Technologies We Are Looking Forward To Seeing More In 2023
As we just stepped over to this new year, it’s always good to take a moment and think about what lies ahead. We’ve already spent some time summarising recent advancements, now let’s focus on what is going to come in. Here is a list of seven medical technologies I trust will be gaining momentum in 2023 – and will have a significant effect on healthcare in general.
Asynchronous telemedicine becoming mainstream
Asynchronous telemedicine is a natural answer to a major problem of healthcare systems all around the world: a shortage in personnel. We’ve mentioned it so many times in the past years that I c...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Forecast artificial intelligence future Medicine sensors vein scanners health sensors remote care GAN vein finder Source Type: blogs
The vampire, phlebotomy, and advocating for my care
Every five weeks, I see a different vampire from the phlebotomy and give this collective of blood-suckers consent to take my blood. The crimson-filled, turquoise-capped vacutainer is destined for analysis to see how fast my blood coagulates. If the vampires read my chart, they would see the graph showing values dating back to 2015, marking
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The vampire, phlebotomy, and advocating for my care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emily Raffensberger Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Anemia in cardiac failure : Needs little more attention
HF is the inability (or reduced ability) to supply oxygen and other nutrients to fulfill the body’s demands. In the process, the heart either fights or flights, and results in symptoms due to hemodynamic alterations, or adversities of neuro-hormonal activation.
Now, what is Anemia? Anemia is a condition with reduced or dysfunctional RBCs. that directly interferes with oxygen delivery to tissues. It is not at all a coincidence, the core functions of the heart and blood are strikingly similar and intertwined. While the heart is the powerhouse of the circulatory system, without good-quality blood, the greatness of th...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized anemia in cardiac failure Source Type: blogs
What is Eisenmenger syndrome? Cardiology Basics
Eisenmenger syndrome is a late complication of congenital heart diseases with large left to right shunts. Fortunately, it is rare now-a-days because most conditions which can cause Eisenmenger syndrome later, are detected by neonatal screening and treated early so that this complication does not develop later. Eisenmenger syndrome is a condition in which long standing high pulmonary blood flow leads to irreversible pulmonary hypertension with reversal of shunt. Right to left shunt causes reduced systemic oxygen saturation with cyanosis.
This is an echocardiogram showing a left to right shunt from the left ventricle to the...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 20, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
DIY Blood Draw – Could Patients Collect Blood At Home?
Blood draws are essential, but this doesn’t make them anyone’s favourite pastime: they are time-consuming and involve needles. Is there a way to make it in a do-it-yourself (DIY) fashion? Can we collect blood samples at home?
While this method will be far from omnipotent for the unforeseeable future, it might have its merits. The pandemic highlighted how avoiding contact with a large number of random patients can be a wise idea. Besides, home-sampling of blood can provide a very efficient and convenient method for clinical trials, encouraging patient participation.
Let’s see the technology first. The init...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF E-Patients Future of Medicine blood test blood draw at-home tests at-home lab tests DIY blood draw blood sample at-home blood test at-home blood draw DIY blood test blood work Source Type: blogs
Not In Vein – The Aimvein Pro2.0 Vein Finder Review
Phlebotomy – drawing blood of a patient – has been practised for centuries and is still one of the most commonly used invasive procedures in medicine. Although the process seems simple enough, it actually carries some risks for both patients and health workers. In fact, WHO has a 125-page guideline – summarising the ‘simple, but important steps’ which can make phlebotomy safe and can contribute to the proper quality of the specimen, prevent laboratory errors, and minimise patient or healthcare workers’ injuries.
Drawing blood from a healthy, young, well-hydrated patient is rarely a challenge to a profess...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Augmented Reality Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics device gadget vein scanners phlebotomy blood draw review Medgadget vein finder Aimvein Source Type: blogs
Will ‘DoorDash for Lab Draws’ Startup Sprinter Health Be What Speeds Up Virtual Care’s Growth?
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Sprinter Health bills itself as “the “DoorDash for lab draws” – sending nurses and phlebotomists out to patients’ homes to collect blood samples and urine samples, check vitals, and even perform Covid tests. Their model has been received with some skepticism (most notably by my Health Tech Deals co-host and legendary health care curmudgeon Matthew Holt) so we get down to the bottom of what’s REALLY going on with CEO Max Cohen.
The long-term play is NOT to just rove the streets like some nomadic Quest Diagnostics; it’s to support the emerging market of virtual care and tel...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech WTF Health Accel Andreesen Horowitz doordash general catalyst Google Ventures Jess DaMassa Max Cohen Sprinter Sprinter Health Source Type: blogs
This doctor will be running for the legislature in the future
You don’t know who I am yet, but you will in the future. I haven’t decided yet if I will run for the House, Senate, or the U.S. Congress. If you are a health care professional, whether it be a doctor able to change medicine, nurses, respiratory technicians, dieticians, phlebotomists, patient care technicians, janitors, andRead more …This doctor will be running for the legislature in the future originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy Public Health & Source Type: blogs
Sprinter Health Raises $33 Million in Series A Funding to Eliminate Barriers to Healthcare Through In-Home Lab Draws, Vitals Checks and COVID-19 Testing
Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from General Catalyst, Accel, Google Ventures (GV) and other leading investors Sprinter Health, an on-demand mobile health company that sends full-time nurses and phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home for convenient and affordable lab draws, vitals checks, and COVID-19 testing, today announced $33 million in Series A funding led […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Healthcare IT a16z Accel Andreessen Horowitz Cameron Behar COVID-19 COVID-19 Testing Gerneral Catalyst Google Ventures Julie Yoo Max Cohen Sprinter Health Source Type: blogs
This is your brain on religion
A Providence TV news reporter tells us the sad story of health care workerswho are losing their jobs because they refuse the Covid-19 vaccine. I ' ll quote two of them." It goes against all of my religious beliefs to the core of my existence. " " I have not infected one patient that I know of. Who knows what [the vaccine] is going to do [to our bodies] years from now. I have my own God-given antibodies against this virus. " (She says she has been infected and recovered.)The first speaker is a phlebotomist. The second speaker is a registered nurse who works in a hospital. There is no major religious denomination -- Chr...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 1, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
“ Just a little scratch ”
Discussion
I haven’t described the second experiment because of space, but go ahead and read it. Essentially they added some more participants, varied the procedure a little to reduce the memory burden on participants, and added a “medium” underprediction element into the process. The results showed similar outcomes – lower ratings of pain in both the “you won’t feel a thing” and the “it’ll hurt but not much” experiments, and yet again, less trust in the experimenter suggesting that it wouldn’t hurt.
Lessons to learn?
Think carefully about inflatin...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - August 15, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Pain Psychology Research Health Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Cancer Centers Rebounding From COVID-19 Can Grow By Making the Most of New Technologies for Clinical Trials
For community cancer centers that rely on patient reimbursement to stay afloat, a smart data-driven approach to clinical trials provides a foundation for future growth.
Brenda Noggy
Dr. Tandy Tipps
By TANDY TIPPS and BRENDA NOGGY
Covid-19’s tragic, devastating impact on cancer treatment is now well documented. Cancer screenings dropped by almost 90 percent at the peak of the pandemic. Billing for some leading cancer medications dropped 30 percent last summer. Studies found a 60 percent decrease in new clinical trials for cancer drugs and biological therapies.
Cancer centers, like every part of the US healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology brenda noggy cancer centers cancer research Clinical Trials tandy tipps Source Type: blogs
8 Ways Robots Can Enhance Healthcare
Science fiction movies are filled with depictions of medical robots as integral parts of the healthcare system. From Anakin Skywalker’s surgery by autonomous robots to Big Hero 6’s healthcare robot Baymax, these mechanical staffers stayed only within the realm of sci-fi movies and one’s imagination for a long time; but not for much longer. Indeed, as we exemplify in this article, they are steadily making their way into healthcare institutions. The healthcare industry is betting on those potentials as well, with the global medical robot expenditures expected to rise by about 20% by 2025 to reach $24.6 billion.
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Source: The Medical Futurist - January 27, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Covid-19 Healthcare Design Medical Education Robotics future Hospital Innovation Surgery technology gc4 drones drone delivery robots InTouch Health Veebot Pepper Big Hero 6 UVD Robots Xenex social robots Zipline A Source Type: blogs
