Critical Care
AI Predicts Demand for Hospital Beds for Patients Coming Through Emergency Department
An artificial intelligence tool is being used to predict how many patients coming through the emergency department will need to be admitted into the hospital, helping planners manage demand on beds. More...09 Sep 2022
Miniature Biosensor Accurately Monitors Condition of Chronic Wounds
Chronic wounds include wounds as a result of serious injury or trauma, ulcers, pressure sores or through diseases such as diabetes. Now, a newly-developed biosensor is capable of accurately monitoring the condition of a chronic wound. More...05 Sep 2022
First-of-Its-Kind Defibrillator Achieves 98.7% Success Rate in Global Trial
A new type of extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) using a lead (thin wire) placed behind the sternum has met safety and effectiveness goals for participants in a premarket global clinical study. More...02 Sep 2022
ML Tool Alerts Doctors to Patients’ Deteriorating Condition 2-8 Hours in Advance
A study to develop a machine learning tool which provides an early warning to medical professionals of a patient’s deteriorating condition has shown that the early warning deterioration alerts can be set to monitor patients two to eight hours before they are triggered by current clinical criteria. More...02 Sep 2022
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