Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) provide many helpful tools for healthcare, one of which includes AI chatbots that use natural language processing to create humanlike, conversational dialog. These chatbots have general cognitive skills and are able to engage with clinicians and patients to discuss patients' health conditions and what they may be at risk for. While chatbot engines have access to a wide range of medical texts and research papers, they currently provide high-level, generic responses and are limited in their ability to provide diagnostic guidance and clinical advice to patients on an individual level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe implementation of technology in healthcare has revolutionized patient-centered decision making by providing contextualized information about a patient's healthcare journey, leading to increased efficiency (Keyworth et al. in BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 18:93, 2018, https://doi.org/10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIschemic heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Progenitor cell therapy can restore myocardial structure and function. However, its efficacy is severely limited by cell aging and senescence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging is associated with chronic oxidative stress and inflammation that affect tissue repair and regeneration capacity. MG53 is a TRIM family protein that facilitates repair of cell membrane injury in a redox-dependent manner. Here, we demonstrate that the expression of MG53 was reduced in failing human hearts and aged mouse hearts, concomitant with elevated NF-κB activation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Calculation of physiologic dead space (dead space divided by tidal volume [VD/VT]) using the Enghoff modification of the Bohr equation requires measurement of the partial pressure of mean expired CO2 (PĒCO2) by exhaled gas collection and analysis, use of a metabolic analyzer, or use of a volumetric CO2 monitor. The Dräger XL ventilator is equipped with integrated volumetric CO2 monitoring and calculates minute CO2 production (VCO2). We calculated PĒCO2 and VD/VT from ventilator derived volumetric CO2 measurements of VCO2 and compared them to metabolic analyzer and volumetric CO2 monitor measurements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many paediatric illnesses are caused by viral agents, for example, acute gastroenteritis. Electron microscopy can provide images of viral particles and can be used to identify the agents.
Objectives: The use of electron microscopy as a diagnostic tool is limited by the need for high level of expertise in interpreting these images and the time required.