Smartwatch helps detects lung cancer: Using personal technology to advance healthcare.

The prevalence of smartwatches and other wearable medical technology has been increasing yearly. These watches offer a sensitive tool for capturing cardiac dysrhythmias and can lead to patients seeking earlier medical advice. This case report highlights the importance of clinicians seeking and using the information provided by wearable medical technology which in this case resulted in both the timely treatment of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia and lung adenocarcinoma.

A pilot study of a novel home telemonitoring system for oncology patients receiving chemotherapy.

We examined the accuracy and acceptability of a home telemonitoring system for patients receiving chemotherapy. Patients undergoing two cycles of chemotherapy (over six weeks) used the telemonitoring system to analyse their own blood (capillary) and to enter symptom and temperature data. The blood results obtained from self-testing were compared with those from a venous blood sample analysed in the hospital laboratory analyser (the gold standard).

Seasonal variability and meteorological factors: retrospective study of the incidence of pulmonary embolism from a large United kingdom teaching hospital.

Background: Seasonal variations in the incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) have been reported. It has been suggested that changes in meteorological factors may explain this variation. Previous studies have provided inconsistent results, possibly as a result of a small number of observations, in some studies and confounding factors.

Urine output on an intensive care unit: case-control study.

Objective: To compare urine output between junior doctors in an intensive care unit and the patients for whom they are responsible.

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: General intensive care unit in a tertiary referral hospital.

A retrospective review to evaluate the safety of right heart catheterization via the internal jugular vein in the assessment of pulmonary hypertension.

Background: Right heart catheterization (RHC) is important in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension, but is not without risk.

Hypothesis: We wished to assess the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of RHC performed via the internal jugular vein (IJV) at our tertiary cardiothoracic center.

Methods: A retrospective review of the medical records for all patients undergoing RHC via the IJV between January 1, 2007 and July 31, 2009 was performed.