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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe dose-response effects of hexamethonium, prazosin and rauwolscine - a ganglionic blocker, alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists, respectively - on mean arterial pressure (MAP) and mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP), an index of body venous tone, were examined in conscious and unrestrained rats. Prazosin and rauwolscine were also administered to rats after venous tone was elevated by drug-induced hypotension via the infusion of the vasodilator drug hydralazine. The effects of these drugs were compared with those of the vehicle, acidified glucose solution, administered to control rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe dose-response effects of vasodilator drugs, nitroglycerin, sodium nitroprusside and hydralazine, on mean arterial pressure (MAP) and mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP), an index of body venous tone, were investigated in conscious, unrestrained, intact rats as well as in rats treated with the ganglionic blocker, hexamethonium. The effects of these drugs were compared with those of the vehicle, normal saline, in control rats. In intact rats, i.
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