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PD_Manager: an mHealth platform for Parkinson's disease patient management

Healthcare Technology Letters, 2017
PD_Manager is a mobile health platform designed to cover most of the aspects regarding the management of Parkinson's disease (PD) in a holistic approach.
Kostas M. Tsiouris, Dimitrios Gatsios, Dimitrios Gatsios, George Rigas, Dragana Miljkovic, Barbara Koroušić Seljak, Marko Bohanec, Maria T. Arredondo, Angelo Antonini, Spyros Konitsiotis, Dimitrios D. Koutsouris, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis   +11 more
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Olanzapine and peripheral metabolic dysregulation: organ-resolved mechanisms, risk, and MASLD-aligned care pathways

Frontiers in Pharmacology
This review examines how olanzapine drives metabolic injury beyond the brain and why an organ-resolved perspective is needed. We synthesize clinical signals of early weight gain, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and steatotic liver disease, and ...
Shuwei Weng, Shuwei Weng, Jinjxiu Lin, Jinjxiu Lin, Dajun Chai, Dajun Chai   +5 more
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Animal‐Assisted Activities With Therapy Dogs in Pediatric Oncology: A Multicenter Survey of the Current Status, Implementation, and Challenges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Animal‐assisted activities (AAAs) with therapy dogs have shown positive effects on patient well‐being and quality of life in various areas of medicine, including pediatric oncology. However, research on this topic is limited. The aim of this study is to present the current status of AAA in pediatric oncology in Germany, Austria, and
Jan‐Marius Wedig, Birgit Burkhardt, Christof M. Kramm, Kira Ostermann, Sarah C. Goretzki, Uta Dirksen, Nico Kurpiers, Michael M. Schündeln   +7 more
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On Hierarchical Composite Endpoints in Pediatric Cancer Supportive Care: Illustrative Examples From Two Multi‐Center Phase‐III Randomized Clinical Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier, Mark Zobeck, Adam J. Esbenshade, Christopher C. Dvorak, Lillian Sung, David Freyer, Sarah Alexander, Etan Orgel, Nicole J. Ullrich, Zach Prudowsky, Brian Fisher, Caitlin W. Elgarten   +11 more
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An in-ear pulse wave velocity measurement system using heart sounds as time reference

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2015
Pulse wave measurements provide vital information in medical diagnosis. For this reason, a measurement system is developed for determining the transient time of the pulse wave between the heart and the ear. To detect pressure variations in the sealed ear
Kusche R., Klimach P., Malhotra A., Kaufmann S., Ryschka M.   +4 more
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Systemic Design Approach to a Real-Time Healthcare Monitoring System: Reducing Unplanned Hospital Readmissions †

Sensors, 2018
Following hospital discharge, millions of patients continue to recover outside formal healthcare organizations (HCOs) in designated transitional care periods (TCPs).
Faisal Alkhaldi, Ali Alouani
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A Population‐Based Study on Childhood Aplastic Anemia—Incidence, Outcomes, and Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare disease, and both the disease itself and its treatment cause significant morbidity. We aimed to determine the contemporary incidence of childhood AA in Finland, to compare the clinical characteristics of AA against inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) and refractory cytopenia of ...
Lauri‐Matti Kulmala, Riitta Niinimäki, Tytti Pokka, Anu Huurre, Liisa Järvelä, Sauli Palmu, Tuuli Pöyhönen, Pauliina Utriainen, Henri Aarnivala   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Secure and Efficient Reactive Video Surveillance for Patient Monitoring

Sensors, 2016
Video surveillance is widely deployed for many kinds of monitoring applications in healthcare and assisted living systems. Security and privacy are two promising factors that align the quality and validity of video surveillance systems with the caliber ...
An Braeken, Pawani Porambage, Andrei Gurtov, Mika Ylianttila   +3 more
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Determining Parental Factors for Clinical Trial Attrition in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Despite high enrollment rates on Children's Oncology Group (COG) protocols, attrition after initial consent is challenging, introducing bias and prolonging trial completion. While adult oncology literature has identified predictors of withdrawal, little is known about caregiver decision‐making for child participation in ...
Kimberly L. Stathas, Jakob Q. Weiss, Kellee N. Parker, Cathy Lee‐Miller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source