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During the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, hospitals were concerned about preserving personal protective equipment. UAB Hospital Medicine designed a strategy to outfit acute care patient rooms on a COVID-19 unit with telemedicine technology to allow for remote clinician rounding. To describe one hospital's experience with inpatient telehealth and compare outcomes between patients with and without inpatient telehealth visits.

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Feasibility of using a low-cost head-mounted augmented reality device in the operating room.

Surg Neurol Int

February 2019

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Background: Augmented reality (AR) has great potential for improving image-guided neurosurgical procedures, but until recently, hardware was mostly custom-made and difficult to distribute. Currently, commercially available low-cost AR devices offer great potential for neurosurgery, but reports on technical feasibility are lacking. The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility of using a low-cost commercially available head-mounted holographic AR device (the Microsoft Hololens) in the operating room.

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[One-stop hybrid cardiac surgery for neonates and young children with congenital heart disease].

Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi

November 2009

Center for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, China.

Objective: To summarize our 5 years experiences of one-stop hybrid procedure (OHP) for the management of congenital heart disease (CHD) in neonates and young children (< 2 years old).

Methods: Clinical data derived from consecutive 152 young children and neonates with CHD underwent OHP between March 2004 to March 2009 were analyzed. Patients were divided into 3 groups: Balloon plasty group (n = 72), device closure group (n = 43) and collateral arteries occlusion group (n = 37).

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Exposure to formaldehyde and glutardialdehyde in operating theatres.

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

July 1990

Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Universität Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.

The disinfection of operating theatres and adjoining areas is carried out with chemical disinfectants containing not only formaldehyde but also glutardialdehyde. The cleaning staff is therefore unavoidably exposed to these two substances. Adequate and correct evaluation of staff exposure must be based on exact quantification of these aldehydes in room air.

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