Seizure Detection Algorithm Using Heart Rate Variability

Seizure Detection Algorithm Using Heart Rate Variability Overview This study aimed to validate a novel seizure detection algorithm, based on heart rate variability (HRV) and logistic regression machine learning (LRML), in a Brazilian patient cohort undergoing long-term video-electroencephalography (LTM) monitoring. The LRML algorithm had shown promise in a Danish patient cohort, and

Alcohol Use Prior to Surgery Detected Using AI

Alcohol Use Prior to Surgery Detected Using AI Overview This study focuses on the crucial aspect of preoperative risky alcohol use as a common surgical risk factor and explores the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through natural language processing (NLP) to enhance the identification of such risks from patients' electronic health records

Eyelid Carcinoma (SGC): A Tool To Predict Recurrence

Eyelid Carcinoma (SGC): A Tool To Predict Recurrence Overview Eyelid sebaceous gland carcinoma (SGC) is a highly malignant condition with a significant recurrence risk. This study aimed to create a predictive nomogram for SGC recurrence based on risk factors.   A retrospective study involving 391 patients from one hospital (304) and grassroots hospitals (87)

How Clinical Calculators Revolutionize Patient Care: A Game-Changer in Healthcare

Patient Education This article is tailored for patients. Refer your patients to this article for them to learn more about their condition. How Clinical Calculators Revolutionize Patient Care: A Game-Changer in Healthcare Clinical calculators have become an essential tool in modern healthcare. These calculators are used to perform complex calculations that can

Influenza surveillance: A Review of Data Sources

Influenza surveillance: A Review of Data Sources Objective  In recent years, influenza surveillance systems have started to include alternative data sources such as hospital emergency department data, school absenteeism reports, pharmaceutical sales, website access and health/medical advice calls. This scoping review aims to map the published papers on the use of non-traditional/alternative

Satiation And Satiety: An Overview And Clinical Calculator

Satiation And Satiety: An Overview And Clinical Calculator Satiation and satiety are often confused and used interchangeably, though both are physiologically and behaviorally different sensations. Satiation describes the series of processes that cause one to stop eating. Governed by hormones and gastric stretch receptors, satiation occurs during an eating episode and

Prostate Cancer: A New Biopsy Risk Calculator using MRI

Prostate Cancer: A New Biopsy Risk Calculator using MRI Study Background In men, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in over 50% of countries. Despite this statistic, a large number of prostate cancer cases are not clinically significant and are unlikely to lead to problems if left untreated. Differentiating

Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale Validation

Validation of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale ANXIETY IN CHILDREN In Europe, anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and impairing conditions among children and adolescents. Up to 18 - 20% of youth in the general population presenting to primary care clinics report some internalizing problem. Previous studies showed that anxiety disorders start at an early

Anxiety Scales in Lewy Body Disease

Anxiety Scales in Lewy Body Disease Background Anxiety disorders and symptoms are frequent in Lewy Body Disease (LBD) and many scales are available to assess its severity.  Yet, there is little consensus on which scale best evaluates anxiety across LBD patients. Objective Comparing the convergent validity of commonly used anxiety scales across synuclein-based diseases. Lewy

Vancomycin – Overview

Basic Review - Vancomycin GlobalRPh Student writer Vancomycin is a drug that is beneficial in the case of life-threatening bacterial infections and should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. Common administration routes: intravenously, orally or by inhalation. The

Seizure Detection Algorithm Using Heart Rate Variability