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Dr. Ruey-Kang Chang, Investigator at The Lundquist Institute, has received the highly-respected Tibbets Award from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for founding QT Medical to create a new system that identifies countless cardiac conditions, from newborns to adults - not only enabling early treatment, but empowering at-home care.
Dr. Chang, a pediatric cardiologist, was frustrated with the impracticality of conducting Electrocardiograms (ECGs) on his youngest patients. As a result, Dr. Chang began designing and testing QT ECG, a new system for babies that can detect Long QT Syndrome early and enable access to proper treatment. QT ECG is a hospital-quality 12-lead ECG device cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for home-use cardiac self-monitoring under a physician s guidance. QT ECG is a complete ECG platform that includes both the device components as well as apps for smart devices, preliminary computer interpretation, and Health Insurance Portability
New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in or out of hospital are far more likely to die than patients who are not infected with the coronavirus. In particular, women have the highest risk of dying: they are nine times more likely to die after suffering a cardiac arrest in hospital, according to research published in the
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IMAGE: A tool can help emergency physicians predict which patients with mini-strokes are at greatest risk of having a major stroke within the week, according to a validation study led. view more
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A made-in-Ottawa tool can help emergency physicians predict which patients with mini-strokes are at greatest risk of having a major stroke within the week, according to a study published in
The BMJ. Mini-strokes can be a warning that a larger stroke is coming, said, emergency physician and senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital and professor at the University of Ottawa. Thankfully, we re very good at preventing subsequent strokes if patients come to the emergency department promptly.
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New estimates reveal extent of the health burden of armed conflict affecting at least 630 million women and children worldwide in 2017, and contributing to more than 10 million deaths among children under 5 years of age over 20 years.
Changing nature of war is a growing threat to humanitarian access and the provision of essential health services for women and children, but responses in countries like Syria, Pakistan, and Colombia may provide context-specific innovative ways forward.
Armed conflicts are becoming increasingly complex and protracted and a growing threat to humanitarian access and the delivery of essential health services, affecting at least 630 million women and children over 8% of the world s population in 2017, according to a new four-paper Series exposing the far-reaching effects of modern warfare on women s and children s health, published today in