Wireless transmission of biosignals for hyperbaric chamber applications.

This paper presents a wireless system to send biosignals outside a hyperbaric chamber avoiding wires going through the chamber walls. Hyperbaric chambers are becoming more and more common due to new indications of hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Metallic walls physically isolate patients inside the chamber, where getting a patient's vital signs turns into a painstaking task.

Consequences of the implementation of K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease in a population of patients on chronic hemodialysis.

Background: After application of K/DOQI recommendations, a large proportion of our patients failed to reach the proposed targets. This study examined the causes of these findings.

Methods: Patients (n=163) were compared in 2 periods (8 months before and after application of K/DOQI guidelines).

Emotional distress and health-related quality of life in patients on hemodialysis: the clinical value of COOP-WONCA charts.

Background: A significant percentage of patients on hemodialysis (HD) present with affective disorders such as anxiety and/or depression. The purpose of this study was to explore adaptive mixed affective disorders of patients on HD and to analyze the clinical value of a brief health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instrument, the COOP-WONCA charts, in our population of HD patient.

Methods: Seventy-five patients (mean age 49.