Publications by authors named "H Shoman"
Importance: There is no decision-making framework in the early-adoption stage of novel surgical technologies, putting the quality of health care and resource allocation of the health care system at risk.
Objective: To investigate relevant weighted criteria that decision-makers may use to make an informed decision for the early adoption of innovative surgical technologies.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This multi-institutional decision analytical modeling study used a mixed-methods multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) and had 2 phases.
Article Synopsis
- The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of hip arthroscopy in patients with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH), focusing on patient-reported outcomes and complications.
- A systematic review included 10 studies, revealing that a significant percentage of patients experienced important improvements in pain and function after the procedure, with few complications reported.
- The findings suggest that patients with GJH can achieve positive outcomes comparable to those without hypermobility after arthroscopy, as long as proper surgical techniques are applied.
Background: Malondialdehyde (MDA) is an oxidative stress biomarker, which represents a unifying mechanism of brain injury that occurs throughout the ischemic stroke cascade. The current study aimed to examine whether or not acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients who had elevated serum MDA levels at admission had an increased risk of mortality and a worse functional outcome three months later.
Methods: An observational, prospective cohort study that enrolled 90 patients with AIS.
Objectives: In 2020, Canada spent 12.9 percent of its GDP on healthcare, of which 3 percent was on medical devices. Early adoption of innovative surgical devices is mostly driven by physicians and delaying adoption can deprive patients of important medical treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe propose and demonstrate a cost-effective, microring-based, silicon photonic sensor that uses doped silicon detectors and a broadband source. Shifts in the sensing microring resonances are electrically tracked by a doped second microring, which acts as both a tracking element and a photodetector. By tracking the power supplied to this second ring, as the sensing ring's resonance shifts, the effective refractive index change caused by the analyte is determined.
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