Publications by authors named "Bryan Chow"

Sleep is a crucial aspect of geriatric assessment for hospitalized older adults, and implementing AI-driven technology for sleep monitoring can significantly enhance the rehabilitation process. Sleepsense, an AI-driven sleep-tracking device, provides real-time data and insights, enabling healthcare professionals to tailor interventions and improve sleep quality. This study explores the perspectives of an interdisciplinary hospital team on implementing Sleepsense in geriatric hospital care.

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Background: Lung transplantation (LT) represents a high-risk procedure for end-stage lung diseases. This study describes the outcomes of patients undergoing LT that require massive transfusions as defined by the universal definition of perioperative bleeding (UDPB).

Methods: Adult patients who underwent bilateral LT at a single academic center were surveyed retrospectively.

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Background: Contact tracing has been essential to reducing spread of COVID-19. Singapore leveraged technology to assist with contact tracing efforts using a Bluetooth-based app and token platform called 'TraceTogether'.

Methods: We reviewed the impact of this system during the country's Delta and Omicron waves (24 August 2021 to 17 February 2022) to identify differences in number of close contacts and time savings between full automation using TraceTogether alone as compared to manual contact tracing supplemented by TraceTogether.

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Background: Planned venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) is increasingly used during bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation (BOLT) and may be superior to off-pump support for patients without pulmonary hypertension. In this single-institution study, we compared rates of textbook outcome between BOLTs performed with planned VA ECMO or off-pump support for recipients with no or mild pulmonary hypertension.

Methods: Patients with no or mild pulmonary hypertension who underwent isolated BOLT between 1/2017 and 2/2021 with planned off-pump or VA ECMO support were included.

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Introduction: People with dementia may refuse care because they feel overwhelmed by an unfamiliar environment. Everyday technology such as tablets have the potential to support person-centred dementia care in hospitals.

Aims: We aimed to identify barriers and enabling factors in order to develop a toolkit to support the use of tablets in engaging individual and group activities, especially to play family videos, for hospitalized older people with dementia.

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The use of touchscreen tablets, such as the iPad, offers potential to support the person with dementia staying in a care setting, ranging from a long-term care home to an adult day programme. Although electronic devices are used among people with dementia, a comprehensive review of studies focusing on their impact and how they may be used effectively in care settings is lacking. We conducted a scoping review to summarize existing knowledge about the impact of touchscreen tablets in supporting social connections and reducing responsive behaviours of people with dementia in care settings.

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Introduction: The disabilities associated with dementia make the adjustment to staying in a care setting stressful. Separation from family can exacerbate the effects of stress. The use of touch screen tablets such as an iPad may offer potential to support the person with dementia staying in a care setting.

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Purpose: Previous investigations into concussions' effects on Major League Baseball (MLB) players suggested that concussion negatively impacts traditional measures of batting performance. This study examined whether post-concussion batting performance, as measured by traditional, plate discipline, and batted ball statistics, in MLB players was worse than other post-injury performance.

Subjects And Methods: MLB players with concussion from 2008 to 2014 were identified.

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The objective is to investigate the relationship between arterial stiffness measured by arterial tonometry and echocardiographic indices of diastolic dysfunction-a basis for the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). OvidSP Medline, Embase and PubMed were systematically searched. Eligible articles correlated arterial stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), augmentation index (AIx) or cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) with indices of diastolic dysfunction, E/A ratio, peak early mitral annular velocity (e') and E/e' ratio.

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Objective: To determine the relationship between arterial stiffness measured in different aortic segments and the presence and extent of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA).

Methods: Patients at a Thoracic Aortic Diseases clinic at a University teaching hospital were compared to patients attending a Cardiology outpatient Clinic at the same institution. A non-invasive measure of vascular stiffness was performed using pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurement of several vascular segments-carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), heart-femoral pulse wave velocity (hfPWV) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV).

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The objective of this study was to determine the optimal assessment of arterial stiffness that relates to diastolic dysfunction. Forty-one patients had measurements of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV), carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), ankle brachial index (ABI), pulse pressure (PP), and augmentation index (AIx). Diastolic dysfunction was evaluated by echocardiographic indices of the ratio of the peak early diastolic mitral valve velocity and the peak late diastolic velocity (E/A ratio), left atrial diameter, and left atrial volume indexes.

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Objective: : Heparinization is thought to be mandatory to avoid thromboembolic complications during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). However, bleeding complications are common. We report our experience of VA-ECMO without systemic anticoagulation.

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