Embrace the growth mindset while practicing the humbling business of modern medicine
As a newly minted neonatal-cardiac intensivist, I was all ready to take on the world. I mean, caring for the babies with congenital heart disease (CHD), congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) and all other congenital anomalies and premature birth. I was excited and ready for service. It was my 27th year of“being a student.” I […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Critical Care Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Viruses Are Not Quite Alive and Not Quite Dead, and Other Things to Know About COVID-19
What they are capable of is replicating and adapting, and each virus has a unique way of doing that. Viruses are programmed to detect particular surface proteins or channels on the outside of a cell, and make their way in via the favored route.
A Cellular Doorway
For COVID-19, the favorite avenue to cellular entry appears to be the ACE-2, or angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, receptor. This part of the cell plays a role in regulating blood pressure. Major areas of the body that produce high amounts of cells with ACE-2 receptors include the lungs, the heart and the GI tract.
Cells within the lungs contain type 2 pneumocytes w...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 20, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Coronavirus COVID COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Advanced Wireless Neonatal Body Monitors to Improve Outcomes
Babies that end up in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are monitored via a complex collection of sensors, each of which has a wire connected to a patient monitor. While necessary, all this technology makes it difficult for parents to bond with their children and for clinicians to access their patients.
Northwestern University engineers have developed flexible, wireless sensor patches that are able to collect the same vital signs as wired devices while offering an entire set of additional capabilities that existing commercial devices lack.
The new sensors are able to trac...
Source: Medgadget - March 11, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Masimo ’s RD SET Sensors Now with Improved Accuracy for Neonates
Masimo has won FDA clearance for its RD SET sensors, that feature the company’s signature Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion SET pulse oximetry, to sport much better oxygen saturation (SpO2) accuracy specs when monitoring neonatal patients. Previously, the RD SET sensors showed an approximate 3% difference in measurements at 1 standard deviation compared with reference devices, but that is now down to 1.5%. This accuracy is consistent whether neonates move around or not.
This accuracy was already within the specs of RD SET sensors for patients over 3 kilograms (6.6 lbs), but a study was required to conf...
Source: Medgadget - January 3, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Ophthalmology Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Help Parents of Children With Feeding Disorders Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
Aww … home for the holidays. Gatherings with family can create cherished memories. However, parents of children with feeding and swallowing disorders can find navigating holiday meals particularly difficult.
As feeding and swallowing specialists, we speech-language pathologists can do much to serve our clients by offering tips to reduce food-related holiday stress.
Parents often go on high alert when managing their child’s feeding and swallowing difficulties outside the home. In preparing to travel, they might pack suitcases full of g-tube supplies or specific foods to help make sure their child consumes enough calorie...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 30, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jennifer WIlson Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia Early Intervention Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
20 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine In The Future – Part I
Mind-reading exoskeletons, digital tattoos, 3D printed drugs, RFID implants for recreational purposes: mindblowing innovations come to medicine and healthcare almost every single day. We shortlisted some of the greatest ideas and developments that could give us a glimpse into the future of medicine, but we found so many that we had trouble fitting them into one article. Here are the first ten spectacular medical innovations to watch for.
1) Mixed reality opens new ways for medical education
Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality are all technologies opening new worlds for the human senses. While the difference between...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing artificial food brain-computer interface cyborg digital tattoos drug development exoskeleton gamification google glass health insurance Healthcare Innovation List Medical education medical techn Source Type: blogs
Prenatal Decision-Making at the Limits of Viability: A Qualitative Examination of Neonatologists ’ Consultation Practices
On Friday, October 11, 2019, from 12:00pm to 1:15pm, come to University of Minnesota Moos 2-530 for "Prenatal Decision-Making at the Limits of Viability: A Qualitative Examination of Neonatologists’ Consultation Practices."
The presenter is Chris Collura, MD, MA, Neonatology, Pediatric Palliative Care, Bioethics, Mayo Clinic Children’s Center.
When delivery of an extremely premature baby is anticipated at 22 to 24 weeks of gestation, the standard of care is for a specialist in Neonatology to consult with families to determine family-centered goals of care to best determine whether to provid...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 13, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Flexible Transistors for Body-Worn and Implantable Medical Devices
Recently, engineers in a variety of institutions have been making great progress in the field of flexible electronics. A variety of devices have been made, including completely flexible body-worn sensors. While a great deal of the components have indeed been created to be flexible, integrated circuits and the transistors that they’re made of have had to remain rigid.
Now, researchers at Tufts University have developed completely flexible transistors from linen thread. This will allow for completely flexible devices made of thread that can be integrated into clothing, worn directly on the skin, or even used in elec...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Diagnostics Materials Medicine Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Fully Flexible and Wireless Body Monitoring Sensors
Flexible body-worn sensors that conform to the skin have great potential for monitoring patient health, conducting long-term studies, and giving consumers a way to track their exercise and overall health. Although there have been flexible sticker-like body monitors developed in the past, they have all involved rigid electronic chips and batteries. So, although they’re flexible and can be worn on the skin, they’re still rather bulky and require recharging.
Now, a team at Stanford University have developed highly flexible sticker sensors that don’t have any on-board electronic chips or any other rigi...
Source: Medgadget - August 19, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Diagnostics Geriatrics Medicine Sports Medicine Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Will We Be Born in 2050?
Being born and giving birth is full of pain, blood,
and trauma. Many science fiction works, such as Brave New World, Matrix, The
Island, or I am Mother imagine being brought to the world without actually
being born in a mother’s womb. How far-fetched are these scenarios? Could the
appearance of the artificial womb replace human mothers and natural birth in
the future? How will we come into this world in 2050? Will we be born?
The trauma of being born and giving birth
The
experience of being born and leaving the nurturing womb of our mother after
more or less nine months is painful, bloody, and traumatic. Abrupt sep...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 22, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Medical Science Fiction artificial artificial womb baby birth designer baby Health Healthcare Innovation mother sci-fi scifi society technology uterus Source Type: blogs
The 6 don ’ts of caring for your child’s teeth
Did you know that tooth decay is the most common chronic disease of childhood? And that 40% of children have tooth decay by kindergarten? This is a big deal, not only because of the pain and infection it can cause, but also because children with tooth decay are more likely to miss school and have poorer grades — and because tooth decay is linked to a higher risk of many health problems later in life, including heart disease and premature birth.
Tooth decay is simple to prevent, yet sadly, many families don’t take the steps that are needed.
1. Don’t skip the fluoride. Fluoride is very helpful when it comes to prev...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Dental Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
Environmental Effects on the Mind and Body: Depression Relief
Nature is an important aspect of our daily lives that is too often taken for granted. Now, in our technologically-driven society, we are often shut away from nature, and the times that we are out in nature, we are unable to appreciate it in its entire splendor. It is hard to truly separate yourself from the rest of the world, considering we are always “on”, but the effects of doing so prove beneficial to your general well-being and emotional clarity.
“[We] are all a part of nature. We are born in nature; our bodies are formed of nature; we live by the rules of nature,” writes Wesley P. Schultz, PhD, professo...
Source: World of Psychology - May 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Taylor Bourassa Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Research Sunlight Vitamin D Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 9th March, 2019.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613050/stick-on-sensors-will-let-premature-babies-get-the-skin-contact-they-need/Stick-on sensors will let premature babies get the skin contact they needBabies born too soon have to be closely monitored, but all that equipment stops parents from getting close. A new wireless sensor could help.by Charlotte Jee February 28, 201...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 8, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
