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Skin‐Interfaced Therapeutic Patches for Wound Fluid Management and Transdermal Drug Delivery

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents an integrated skin‐interfaced device combining microfluidics, hydrogel film technology, flexible electronics, and iontophoresis‐based transdermal delivery of PDRN to enhance wound healing. The device effectively manages wound fluid, maintains optimal moisture, and non‐invasively delivers therapeutic drugs.
Dongjun Han, Donghyun Kim, Haram Lee, Dong‐Wook Park, Sung Soo Kwak, Joohee Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Blood Pressure Measurements

, 2016
In the last decades home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) has established its role as a valuable tool in the diagnosis and long-term management of hypertension. Main advantages are its diagnostic value in identifying white-coat and masked hypertension, its reproducibility, wide availability, good acceptance by patients and relatively low cost, which ...
Nadia Boubouchairopoulou, George S. Stergiou   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Comparison between an adapted protocol for home and ambulatory measurement for evaluating night-time blood pressure behaviour

Blood Pressure
Background The diagnosis and treatment of hypertension rely on the accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurements obtained both in and out of the office during awake and sleep periods.Objective To evaluate whether a home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM ...
Thamyres Costa Borges, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, Sayuri Inuzuka, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Moisés Martins de Oliveira, Carlos Augusto Pícoli de Andrade, Rodrigo Bezerra, Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood pressure measurement – an overview

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
Arterial hypertension continues to represent the leading cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide. Diagnosis and therapy of arterial hypertension require adequate blood pressure measurements.
Thomas Dieterle
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular function and ballistocardiogram: a relationship interpreted via mathematical modeling [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: to develop quantitative methods for the clinical interpretation of the ballistocardiogram (BCG). Methods: a closed-loop mathematical model of the cardiovascular system is proposed to theoretically simulate the mechanisms generating the BCG ...
Despins, Laurel, Enayati, Moein, Guidoboni, Giovanna, Huxley, Virginia H., Keller, James, Popescu, Mihail, Sacco, Riccardo, Sala, Lorenzo, Skubic, Marjorie, Szopos, Marcela   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Bone Healing Around Implants in Normal and Medically Compromised Conditions: Osteoporosis and Diabetes

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
xx xx. ABSTRACT Osseointegration of orthopedic and dental implants is influenced by local and systemic factors, including their physicochemical surface properties and the patient's overall health status. Titanium and its alloys have been a longstanding standard for bone implants due to their innate biocompatibility and mechanical properties.
Dainelys Guadarrama Bello, Fabio Variola, Antonio Nanci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Has Similar Effects on Office Blood Pressure and Medication Compliance as Usual Care

Korean Journal of Family Medicine, 2019
Background Home blood pressure monitoring is recommended to achieve controlled blood pressure. This study evaluated home blood pressure monitoring-improvement of office blood pressure control and treatment compliance among hypertensive patients.
Juliawati Muhammad, Muazah Mat Jamial, Azlina Ishak   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potential role for clinical calibration to increase engagement with and application of home telemonitoring: a report from the HeartCycle programme [PDF]

, 2016
Aims: There is a need for alternative strategies that might avoid recurrent admissions in patients with heart failure. Home Telemonitoring (HTM) to monitor patient’s symptoms from a distance may be useful.
Bayes-Genis, A, Cleland, JGF, Domingo, M, Dovancescu, S, Frankestein, L, Gastelurrutia, P, Lupon, J, On behalf of the HeartCycle Programme Investigators, Stut, W   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Real‐Time 3D Ultrasound Imaging with an Ultra‐Sparse, Low Power Architecture

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a novel, ultra‐sparse ultrasound architecture that paves the way for wearable real‐time 3D imaging. By integrating a unique convolutional array with chirped data acquisition, the system achieves high‐resolution volumetric scans at a fraction of the power and hardware complexity.
Colin Marcus, Md Osman Goni Nayeem, Aastha Shah, Jason Hou, Shrihari Viswanath, Maya Eusebio, David Sadat, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Tolga Ozmen, Canan Dagdeviren   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural to Urban Migration and Changes in Cardiovascular risk Factors in Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2010
High levels of rural to urban migration are a feature of most African countries. Our aim was to investigate changes, and their determinants, in cardiovascular risk factors on rural to urban migration in Tanzania.
AB Swai, BM Popkin, Bushiri Tamin, DA Leon, DG McLarty, Dorothy McLarty, G Chahoud, Harun Machybia, HH Vorster, HM Kitange, JA Marshall, M Tanner, Mkay Nguluma, N Unwin, N Unwin, N Unwin, Nigel Unwin, NR Poulter, NR Poulter, P Bovet, P Setel, Peter James, Peter Nkulila, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, R Edwards, RA McLean, Richard McNally, RW Walker, SAS Institute Inc, TJ Aspray, United Nations Population Division, WT Friedewald   +31 more
core   +2 more sources