The Association Between Mobile App Use and Change in Functional Capacity Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants: Cohort Study.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is underused in the United States and globally, with participation disparities across gender, socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicities. The pandemic led to greater adoption of telehealth CR and mobile app use.

Objective: Our primary objective was to estimate the association between CR mobile app use and change in functional capacity from enrollment to completion in patients participating in a CR program that offered in-person, hybrid, and telehealth CR.

Uterine activity in labour and the risk of neonatal encephalopathy: a case control study.

Objective: To determine the relationship between intrapartum contraction frequency, rest interval duration, and cervical dilation speed and the risk of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Study Design: This was a retrospective case-control study conducted in a maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Babies born without major congenital anomalies between September 2006 and November 2017 at ≥ 35 + 0 weeks' gestational age were eligible.

Fetal heart rate patterns in labor and the risk of neonatal encephalopathy: A case control study.

Objective: To describe the accuracy of intrapartum fetal heart rate abnormalities as defined by National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidelines to predict moderate-severe neonatal encephalopathy of apparent hypoxic-ischemic etiology.

Study Design: A case-control study of HIE risk factors was conducted. Eligible babies were born in a single maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland between September 2006, and November 2017 at ≥35 + 0 weeks' gestational age.

Clinical Outcomes and Qualitative Perceptions of In-person, Hybrid, and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Purpose: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is evolving to include both in-person and virtual delivery. Our objective was to compare, in CR patients, the association of in-person, hybrid, and virtual CR with change in performance on the 6-min walk test (6MWT) between enrollment and completion.

Methods: Patients enrolled in CR between October 22, 2019, and May 10, 2021, were categorized into in-person, hybrid, or virtual groups by number of in-person and virtual visits.

A wavelet-based algorithm for automated analysis of external tocography: How does it compare to human interpretation?

Background: Studies which use external tocography to explore the relationship between increased intrapartum uterine activity and foetal outcomes are feasible because the technology is safe and ubiquitous. However, periods of poor signal quality are common. We developed an algorithm which aims to calculate tocograph summary variables based on well-recorded contractions only, ignoring artefact and excluding sections deemed uninterpretable.

Sensitivity and specificity of the Pap smear for glandular lesions of the cervix and endometrium.

Objective: To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of the Pap smear for detection of adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix (AIS), endocervical adenocarcinoma (ECAC) and endometrial adenocarcinoma (EAC) as well as the overall specificity of the smear for detection of glandular lesions in general.

Study Design: Computer records of the laboratory of the QE II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, were searched for patients who had AIS, ECAC or EAC diagnosed on histology between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2001 and who had had a Pap smear within the preceding year. Computer records were also searched for patients who had a Pap smear result consisting of suspicious or positive for AIS or adenocarcinoma (AC) with subsequent tissue diagnosis during the same time.

Maternal or fetal heart rate? Avoiding intrapartum misidentification.

Electronic fetal monitoring technology is capable of monitoring and recording maternal heart rate (MHR) patterns that mimic fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns. The ability to distinguish one from the other requires knowledge of FHR and MHR characteristics and monitoring technology. Application of this knowledge may prevent fetal injury and death.