Application of latent class analysis in assessing the awareness, attitude, practice and satisfaction of paediatricians on sleep disorder management in children in Italy. [PDF]
AIM: To identify subgroups regarding paediatricians' awareness, attitude, practice and satisfaction about management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) in Italy using Latent Class Analysis (LCA).
Amelia Balzarini+24 more
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Systems and methods for physiological signal enhancement and biometric extraction using non-invasive optical sensors [PDF]
A system and method for signal processing to remove unwanted noise components including: (i) wavelength-independent motion artifacts such as tissue, bone and skin effects, and (ii) wavelength-dependent motion artifact/noise components such as venous ...
Nourani, Mehrdad, Yousefi, Rasoul
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A flexible organic reflectance oximeter array. [PDF]
Transmission-mode pulse oximetry, the optical method for determining oxygen saturation in blood, is limited to only tissues that can be transilluminated, such as the earlobes and the fingers.
Arias, Ana C+10 more
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Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Empirical Mode Decomposition of Pulse Oximetry
Detection of desaturations on the pulse oximetry signal is of great importance for the diagnosis of sleep apneas. Using the counting of desaturations, an index can be built to help in the diagnosis of severe cases of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea ...
Di Persia, Leandro E.+3 more
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Multimodal optical diagnostics of the microhaemodynamics in upper and lower limbs [PDF]
The introduction of optical non-invasive diagnostic methods into clinical practice can substantially advance in the detection of early microcirculatory disorders in patients with different diseases.
Dremin, Viktor V.+7 more
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Diagnosing serious infections in acutely ill children in ambulatory care (ERNIE 2 study protocol, part A): diagnostic accuracy of a clinical decision tree and added value of a point-of-care C-reactive protein test and oxygen saturation [PDF]
Background: Acute illness is the most common presentation of children to ambulatory care. In contrast, serious infections are rare and often present at an early stage. To avoid complications or death, early recognition and adequate referral are essential.
Aertgeerts, B.+7 more
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The use of pulse oximetry in evaluation of pulp vitality in immature permanent teeth [PDF]
Background and aim: The current methods of pulp vitality assessment, either electric or thermal, are of limited use in children. Recently, traumatized and immature teeth may not respond to such methods and because such methods require subjective ...
Ahmadi, M.+3 more
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BIOTEX-biosensing textiles for personalised healthcare management. [PDF]
Textile-based sensors offer an unobtrusive method of continually monitoring physiological parameters during daily activities. Chemical analysis of body fluids, noninvasively, is a novel and exciting area of personalized wearable healthcare systems ...
Bini, Christina+23 more
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Following one's heart: cardiac rhythms gate central initiation of sympathetic reflexes [PDF]
Central nervous processing of environmental stimuli requires integration of sensory information with ongoing autonomic control of cardiovascular function.
Critchley, Hugo D+4 more
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