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Health Technology Assessment and Biomedical Engineering: Global trends, gaps and opportunities [PDF]

Medical Engineering and Physics, 2019
The diffusion of medical devices is expanding at an astonishing rate. The increasing number of novel patents per year suggests this growth will continue. In contrast to drugs, medical devices are intrinsically dependent on the environment in which they are used and how they are maintained.
Ernesto Iadanza, Leandro Pecchia
exaly   +6 more sources

Agreement between two methods for assessment of maximal inspiratory pressure in patients weaning from mechanical ventilation [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2022
Background Respiratory muscle strength in patients with an artificial airway is commonly assessed as the maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and is measured using analogue or digital manometers.
Emanuelle Olympia Silva Ribeiro, Rik Gosselink, Lizandra Eveline da Silva Moura, Raissa Farias Correia, Wagner Souza Leite, Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo, Armele Dornelas de Andrade, Daniella Cunha Brandão, Shirley Lima Campos   +8 more
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Research gaps identified in Iran’s health technology assessment reports

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023
Introduction Identifying gaps in the evidence is a useful byproduct of conducting a health technology assessment (HTA). This study aims to identify research gaps in Iran’s HTA reports.
Farideh Mohtasham, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Mohammadreza Mobinizadeh   +2 more
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BioMedical Technology Assessment: modulare Folgenerfassung und perspektivensensitive Bewertung biomedizinischer Innovationen

Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis, 2004
R. Kollek
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Population-based screening – the difficulty of how to do more good than harm and how to achieve it

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2010
Screening people without symptoms of disease is an attractive idea. Screening allows early detection of disease or elevated risk of disease, and has the potential for improved treatment and reduction of mortality.
M Zwahlen, N Low, B Borisch, Egger, R Obrist, F Paccaud, NM Probst-Hensch   +6 more
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COST ESTIMATE FOR THE MONTHLY SET UP AND OPERATION OF A TELECONSULTATION ROOM

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2023
Objective: to estimate the cost of setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room. Method: descriptive study, carried out by means of a survey of direct and indirect costs for setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room in ...
Tallita Mello Delphino, Rosimere Ferreira Santana, Julianna Nogueira Rodrigues, Keila Mara Cassiano   +3 more
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A hybrid linear discriminant analysis and genetic algorithm to create a linear model of aging when performing motor tasks through inertial sensors positioned on the hand and forearm

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2023
Background During the aging process, cognitive functions and performance of the muscular and neural system show signs of decline, thus making the elderly more susceptible to disease and death.
Veronica de Lima Gonçalves, Caio Tonus Ribeiro, Guilherme Lopes Cavalheiro, Maria José Ferreira Zaruz, Daniel Hilário da Silva, Selma Terezinha Milagre, Adriano de Oliveira Andrade, Adriano Alves Pereira   +7 more
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Biomedical Sensors for Functional Mapping: Techniques, Methods, Experimental and Medical Applications

Sensors, 2023
The rapid advancement of biomedical sensor technology has revolutionized the field of functional mapping in medicine, offering novel and powerful tools for diagnosis, clinical assessment, and rehabilitation [...]
Alfonso Mastropietro, Massimo Walter Rivolta, Alessandro Scano   +2 more
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Lactation physiology video clip: health professionals` assessment in hospital care [PDF]

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: To evaluate the usability of a lactation physiology video clips by healthcare professionals and to identify barriers and facilitators for this usage in hospitals.
Eva Inês Vilanova Ribeiro Freitas, Liane Bahú Machado, Daiani Oliveira Cherubim, Tassiane Ferreira Langendorf, Stela Maris de Mello Padoin, Cristiane Cardoso de Paula   +5 more
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Additional treatment with mistletoe extracts for patients with breast cancer compared to conventional cancer therapy alone – efficacy and safety, costs and cost-effectiveness, patients and social aspects, and ethical assessment

GMS German Medical Science, 2022
Background: Chemotherapy is often used in the treatment of breast cancer in women. Side effects such as diarrhea, fatigue, hair loss, fever or disturbances in blood formation impair the women’s quality of life.
Schnell-Inderst, Petra, Steigenberger, Caroline, Mertz, Marcel, Otto, Ilvie, Flatscher-Thöni, Magdalena, Siebert, Uwe   +5 more
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