Wearable sensors for monitoring the internal and external workload of the athlete.

The convergence of semiconductor technology, physiology, and predictive health analytics from wearable devices has advanced its clinical and translational utility for sports. The detection and subsequent application of metrics pertinent to and indicative of the physical performance, physiological status, biochemical composition, and mental alertness of the athlete has been shown to reduce the risk of injuries and improve performance and has enabled the development of athlete-centered protocols and treatment plans by team physicians and trainers. Our discussions in this review include commercially available devices, as well as those described in scientific literature to provide an understanding of wearable sensors for sports medicine.

Wearable sensors for monitoring the physiological and biochemical profile of the athlete.

Athletes are continually seeking new technologies and therapies to gain a competitive edge to maximize their health and performance. Athletes have gravitated toward the use of wearable sensors to monitor their training and recovery. Wearable technologies currently utilized by sports teams monitor both the internal and external workload of athletes.

"Wishes Unknown: " A Case Report.

We report the case of a 55-year-old woman who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for extreme respiratory distress after a liver transplant and eventually died. As is so often the case, this patient's values and wishes were not documented before she had a risky surgical procedure. Anesthesiologists, in partnership with surgeons, can participate in preoperative discussions exploring wishes and values and document them in advance directives which will help clinicians respect patients' preferences.

Dose of Early Therapeutic Mobility: Does Frequency or Intensity Matter?

Objective: Investigate the feasibility of a nurse-led mobility protocol and compare the effects of once- versus twice-daily episodes of early therapeutic mobility (ETM) and low- versus moderate-intensity ETM on serum biomarkers of inflammation and selected outcomes in critically ill adults.

Design: Randomized interventional study with repeated measures and blinded assessment of outcomes.

Setting: Four adult intensive care units (ICUs) in two academic medical centers.

Wearable Devices for Sports: New Integrated Technologies Allow Coaches, Physicians, and Trainers to Better Understand the Physical Demands of Athletes in Real time.

Elite-level athletes and professional sports teams are continually searching for opportunities to improve athletic performance and gain a competitive advantage on the field. Advances in technology have provided new avenues to maximize player health and safety. Over the last decade, time?motion analysis systems, such as video recording and computer digitization, have been used to measure human locomotion and improve sports performance.

Permissible Intraabdominal Hypertension following Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.

Background: Repair of hernias with loss of domain can lead to elevated intraabdominal pressure. The authors aimed to characterize the effects of elective hernia repair on intraabdominal pressure, as well as its predictors and association with negative outcomes.

Methods: Patients undergoing elective hernia repair requiring myofascial release had intraabdominal and pulmonary plateau pressures measured preoperatively, postoperatively, and on the morning of the first postoperative day.

Hemodynamic and related challenges: monitoring and regulation in the postoperative period.

The clinician caring for patients in the immediate postoperative period must maintain a high index of suspicion for the development of complications. Evolving illness manifests itself throughout the continuum of care and must be recognized and aggressively managed to ensure optimal outcome. This article discusses common hemodynamic problems encountered in the postanesthesia care unit.

Predicting severe postoperative respiratory complications following abdominal wall reconstruction.

Background: Patients undergoing abdominal wall reconstruction are at risk of developing major postoperative respiratory complications. The authors attempted to identify factors predictive of respiratory complications following abdominal wall reconstruction.

Methods: All patients who underwent complex abdominal wall reconstruction over a 2-year period were reviewed.

Steroids and risk factors for airway compromise in multilevel cervical corpectomy patients: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind study.

Objective: To evaluate intravenous corticosteroids in preventing delayed extubation after multilevel corpectomy and strut graft reconstructive procedures and to identify risk factors for delayed extubation in these patients.

Summary Of Background Data: We performed a prospective, randomized double-blind study in patients undergoing multilevel cervical corpectomy procedures.