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Do you have fragmented sleep all through the night? Do you wake up oftentimes at night, struggling to breathe? Is your partner tired of your heavy snoring and often reminds you to see a doctor? Well, if your chronic, frequent snoring is associated with sleep apnea, there are a number of factors and issues to be aware of. Basically, it’s a matter of cause and effect with sleep apnea ...
Abnormalities in muscle function are observed in many inherited or acquired diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and congestive heart failure. The Palpator is a high-throughput mechanical tissue analyzer that measures the mechaniÂcal properties of engineered tissues growing in 96- or 384-well plates and ...
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is currently affecting over half of heart failure patients. ...
In both the Ultrafiltration versus Intravenous Diuretics for Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure (UNLOAD)47 and Aquapheresis versus Intravenous Diuretics and Hospitalization for Heart Failure (AVOID-HF)48 trials, decongestion with aquaphoresis resulted in increased net fluid ...
Tab Lassiter – an employee of global vaccines leader CSL Seqirus – is about to receive a second transplant in an ongoing battle with a heart condition. He shares his story to explain why it’s critical to spread the word about heart health. Tab Lassiter once spent eight months resting anxiously in a hospital bed with cardiomyopathy, a ...
As we seek to better manage chronic conditions, technology has the power to give visibility into a patient’s well-being between visits and understand how their adherence plays into the stability of their condition. Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), for example, are usually elderly and have a complex medication regimen. While ...
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Thiazolidinediones that make the body's tissues more sensitive to insulin increase the risk of congestive heart failure, bladder cancer (pioglitazone), and bone fractures. ...
Less severe though far more prevalent toxicities such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea can have a large negative impact leading to volume depletion, metabolic and electrolyte imbalances and renal failure. Newer immunotherapies are associated with immune-related adverse events with unpredictable timing and vagueness of symptoms, making identification and management especially ...
This case study discusses hospital readmissions and provides healthcare professionals with recommended medical algorithms in the form of scores, models, and calculators that can aid in reducing readmissions, especially when related to antibiotic resistant microbiological pathogens. When health analytics, such as the CDC antibiotic resistance program and other algorithms are integrated into ...