Publications by authors named "K S Kilgore"
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- The study examined the role of clinical and social factors in treatment patterns and costs for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using Medicare and commercial claims data from 2017 to 2020.
- Results showed that only 70% of the 32,239 patients received surveillance before diagnosis, and only half underwent treatment; prior surveillance significantly increased the likelihood of receiving curative treatment.
- Findings revealed that race and social determinants impacted treatment access and health care costs, suggesting that improving access to HCC surveillance could help reduce health disparities.
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- - The text discusses a system for autonomic nervous regulation using electrical current, which involves both increasing and decreasing neural activity through techniques like vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and kilohertz frequency alternating current (KHFAC).
- - VNS can be fine-tuned by adjusting frequency for better control, while KHFAC can block neural signals and can also be easily adjusted through amplitude modulation.
- - The research uses fuzzy logic control (FLC) to manage the vagus nerve, allowing it to stabilize or alter heart rate effectively in response to physiological changes.
Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP) is prevalent among health care workers, with particularly high rates among nurses. Nurses experiencing CNNP often report decreased job satisfaction, increased absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In recent years, nonpharmacologic approaches have gained attention as effective treatments for the management of CNNP, with exercise and manual therapies representing two of the most common.
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- The feasibility study investigated the ability of high frequency stimulation (HFS) to inhibit muscle contractions caused by electrical stimulation of the anterior interosseous nerve during a tendon lengthening surgery in the forearm.
- A specialized cuff electrode was placed around the nerve, and electrical pulses were delivered to test different HFS amplitudes, which determined the effectiveness of the block on muscle contractions.
- The results showed that an HFS amplitude of 8 mA produced a complete block of contractions, indicating potential for clinical use in managing spasticity through HFS-mediated motor block.
Δ BP-Net: Monitoring "Changes" in Blood Pressure Using PPG with Self-contrastive Masking.
IEEE J Biomed Health Inform
July 2024
Estimating blood pressure (BP) values from physiological signals (e.g., photoplethysmogram (PPG)) using deep learning models has recently received increased attention, yet challenges remain in terms of models' generalizability.
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