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Telemed Rep
May 2021
School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
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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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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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).
Hist Sci Med
February 1999
Hospital Edouard Herriot, Service de chirurgie orthopedique et traumatologique, Lyon.
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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