Infective endocarditis in French Polynesia: Epidemiology, treatments and outcomes.

Background: French Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific Ocean, where data on infective endocarditis (IE) are lacking.

Aims: To investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of IE in French Polynesia.

Methods: All hospital records from consecutive patients hospitalized in Taaone Hospital, Tahiti, from 2015 to 2018, with an International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, separation diagnosis of IE (I330), were reviewed retrospectively.

All Insulin Pumps Are Not Equivalent: A Bench Test Assessment for Several Basal Rates.

Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) is a widely adopted treatment for type 1 diabetes and is a component of an artificial pancreas. CSII accuracy is essential for glycemic control, however, this metric has not been given sufficient study, especially at the range of the lowest basal rates (BRs), which are commonly used in a pediatric population and in closed-loop systems (CLSs). Our study presents accuracy results of four off-the-shelf CSII systems using a new accurate method for CSII system evaluation.

Kalman Filter-Based Novel Methodology to Assess Insulin Pump Accuracy.

Insulin pump or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) system is a widely adopted contemporary treatment for type 1 diabetes and is a major component of an artificial pancreas (AP). CSII accuracy is essential for glycemic control and to-date such metric has not been given sufficient study, especially at the range of the lowest basal rate. The gold-standard assessment method IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 60601-2-24 has some limitations.