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On Wednesday, 27th November, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the British Thoracic Society (BTS), and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) updated and published a joint guideline on asthma diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic asthma management. Streamlining asthma management BTS/SIGN and NICE published guidelines independent of each other. To align ...
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that patient-triggered cardiac event recorders (CER) have an increased diagnostic yield and are more cost effective than conventional 24-h-Holter electrocardiograms (ECGs) for the evaluation of sporadic, potentially arrhythmia-related symptoms. HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic yield of a patient-triggered CER combined with ...
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In the developed world, 1 in 4 people die from cancer or cancer-related disease, and cancer accounts for 13% of deaths globally. Oncology is the fastest growing therapeutic area by revenue and number of clinical trials. There’s been a huge emphasis on developing new treatments to improve survival in patients with cancer, but these trials have become a costly undertaking for sponsor ...
In honor of World Cancer Day, we sat down with two Adapters to understand how their personal experiences with cancer intersect with their work at Adaptive. Kathy Thompson (Key Account Manager, clonoSEQ sales) is a stage 1 colorectal cancer survivor. Shannon Fatigante (Talent Acquisition Senior Program Manager) has a father currently fighting chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Shannon: ...
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As patients, we like to think diagnostic errors are rare, but the reality is they are fairly common. According to a recent Medscape poll, one in six physicians reported making diagnostic errors daily. Aside from the ongoing risk to patient health and safety, diagnostic errors also pose a considerable financial threat, with one study suggesting they cost the U.S. economy $750 billion each ...
Sepsis reportedly affects up to 30 million people each year. Lactate levels play a key role in diagnosing the condition and limiting its impact, as well as researching it's progression and developing possible treatments. Here's how. Sepsis is a medical condition and emergency, the definition of which has proven difficult and is based on fairly recent developments and research. It is the result ...
An Interview with Philip Piqueira, Global Standards Leader for GE’s Industrial Solutions Business General Electric participates in standards development through its work on numerous committees and organizations. Philip Piqueira discusses why this business strategy and its continuance is crucial for GE. From your perspective as the global standards leader for General Electric’s ...
The general purpose Monte Carlo N-Particle Radiation Transport Computer Code (MCNP4C) was used to calculate the equivalent dose to the person or people accompanying patients who have been exposed to radiation that was scattered from the patient. To do the calculations, two homogeneous water phantoms were used to simulate the patient and the accompanying person. Finally, in the case of source ...