Publications by authors named "D Steen"
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- The PATCH-1 study compared two types of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) – the standard S-ECG and a new patch ECG (P-ECG), to see which one performed better in patients with stable cardiovascular conditions.
- 200 participants were involved, and results showed that the P-ECG was faster to administer (about 1.4 minutes) and had fewer issues with artifacts affecting readings compared to the S-ECG (6.5% vs. 15%).
- Most participants either preferred the P-ECG (47%) or were indifferent (52%), and both types of ECGs provided similar findings regarding heart health metrics.
Exercise during pregnancy Dose: Influence on preterm birth outcomes.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
September 2024
Background: Preterm delivery typically increases health risk for neonates and is associated with longer infant hospital stay and financial burden. Prenatal exercise dose (frequency, intensity, type, time, volume) have been shown to influence birth outcomes. Increased prenatal exercise dose could therefore provide a critical reduction in health risk and financial burden in preterm neonates.
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- Maternal exercise during pregnancy is linked to higher REE and better oxygen use in infants, suggesting it may help reduce the risk of obesity later on.
- The study found that higher maternal BMI negatively impacted infant REE in non-exercising mothers, but this relationship didn't exist in infants of exercising mothers, indicating exercise may promote healthier energy levels in babies.
Background: Prenatal exercise improves birth outcomes, but research into exercise dose-response effects is limited.
Methods: This study is a retrospective, secondary analysis of pooled data from three blinded, prospective, randomized controlled trials. Prenatal exercise frequency, intensity, type, time, and volume (FITT-V) were assessed in supervised sessions throughout pregnancy.
Multiple studies across a variety of scientific disciplines have shown that the number of times that a paper is shared on Twitter (now called X) is correlated with the number of citations that paper receives. However, these studies were not designed to answer whether tweeting about scientific papers causes an increase in citations, or whether they were simply highlighting that some papers have higher relevance, importance or quality and are therefore both tweeted about more and cited more. The authors of this study are leading science communicators on Twitter from several life science disciplines, with substantially higher follower counts than the average scientist, making us uniquely placed to address this question.
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