178 research outputs found
Patient Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate Monitoring With an Alert System Using the Omron 790it Blood Pressure Monitor
Blood pressure and pulse rate are two of the vital signs of humans and it is imperative that the chronically ill and the elderly patients need to have their blood pressure and pulse rate checked from time to time. This paper describes the use of the Omron 790it blood pressure monitor to check the blood pressure and the pulse rate of patients. This is achieved by transferring the readings taken by the Omron blood pressure monitor into the computer and using an Applications program developed with Visual Basic compiler called the Blood Pressure Loader (BPL) to automatically upload the blood pressure and pulse rate readings taken by the Omron blood pressure monitor directly into the hospital database. An alert can also be sent to the doctor’s phone wherever he is so that he can proffer a solution. The result of this research work is that patients can monitor their own blood pressure and pulse rate even from their homes and transfer the readings into the computer after which it can be uploaded into the hospital’s database. This has the capacity of giving the doctor a timely and detailed medical information on the vital signs of patients and will save many lives that may be lost.
Keywords: Omron 790it, Blood Pressure Loader, CSV, Alert Syste
Design and Implementation of an M/M/1 Queuing Model Algorithm and its Applicability in Remote Medical Monitoring
Remote Medical Monitoring is a component of telemedicine capable of monitoring the vital signs of patients in a remote location and sending the results directly to a monitoring station. Vital signs are collected by sensors attached to the human body and sent automatically to the server in the hospital. This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an M/M/1 queuing model capable of queuing the readings of the vital signs in the server according to how they arrive on a First In First Out (FIFO) basis and sending them in turn to the medical personnel when the need arises. The queuing model follows a Poisson distribution with parameter (â)t and a probability function called the negative exponential distribution. The obtained output is based on a simulation using the Queuing Model Simulator (QMS), simulation software which computes the
mean, variance and the total cost of running the queue.
Keywords: M/M/1 queuing model, FIFO, QMS, simulator, mean, variance, total cos
Introducing Misoprostol for the Treatment of Incomplete Abortion in Nigeria
Despite legal restriction, induced abortions and resulting complications are common in Nigeria. Misoprostol administration for incomplete abortion was introduced in 3 Nigerian hospitals. The feasibility of the hospitals, patient and provider acceptability were assessed using questionnaire and interview guides administered to 205 women and 17 providers respectively. Amongst the women, 194 (95%) were satisfied and very satisfied with misoprostol, 176 (86%) would choose misoprostol again if another incomplete abortion occurred and 191 (93%) would recommend it to another woman in a similar situation. Providers were highly satisfied with misoprostol. The ease of use and ability to redirect surgical resources to more complicated issues were positive features cited by them. The providers agreed that integration of misoprostol was straightforward and required few resources. Therefore, misoprostol for incomplete abortion is safe, efficacious and acceptable to providers and patients. In remote areas of Nigeria with limited post-abortion care (PAC), misoprostol administration is an important potential PAC treatment modality. Features of misoprostol-low cost, room temperature stability, and ease of introduction-render it an important treatment option, particularly in low resource and rural settings
Thermoelectric Response of an Interacting Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in Quantizing Magnetic Field
We present a discussion of the linear thermoelectric response of an
interacting electron gas in a quantizing magnetic field. Boundary currents can
carry a significant fraction of the net current passing through the system. We
derive general expressions for the bulk and boundary components of the number
and energy currents. We show that the local current density may be described in
terms of ``transport'' and ``internal magnetization'' contributions. The latter
carry no net current and are not observable in standard transport experiments.
We show that although Onsager relations cannot be applied to the local current,
they are valid for the transport currents and hence for the currents observed
in standard transport experiments. We relate three of the four thermoelectric
response coefficients of a disorder-free interacting two-dimensional electron
gas to equilibrium thermodynamic quantities. In particular, we show that the
diffusion thermopower is proportional to the entropy per particle, and we
compare this result with recent experimental observations.Comment: 18 pages, 2 postscript figures included. Revtex with epsf.tex and
multicol.sty. In the revised version, the comparison with experimental
observations at is extended to include the possibility of
corrections due to weak impurity scattering. The conclusions that we reach
regarding the applicability of the composite fermion model at these filling
fractions are not affecte
Thermohydrodynamics in Quantum Hall Systems
A theory of thermohydrodynamics in two-dimensional electron systems in
quantizing magnetic fields is developed including a nonlinear transport regime.
Spatio-temporal variations of the electron temperature and the chemical
potential in the local equilibrium are described by the equations of
conservation with the number and thermal-energy flux densities. A model of
these flux densities due to hopping and drift processes is introduced for a
random potential varying slowly compared to both the magnetic length and the
phase coherence length. The flux measured in the standard transport experiment
is derived and is used to define a transport component of the flux density. The
equations of conservation can be written in terms of the transport component
only. As an illustration, the theory is applied to the Ettingshausen effect, in
which a one-dimensional spatial variation of the electron temperature is
produced perpendicular to the current.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur
Quality of life and clinical characteristics of self-improving congenital ichthyosis within the disease spectrum of autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis
Background Autosomal-recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI) is a heterogeneous group of ichthyoses presenting at birth. Self-improving congenital ichthyosis (SICI) is a subtype of ARCI and is diagnosed when skin condition improves remarkably (within years) after birth. So far, there are sparse data on SICI and quality of life (QoL) in this ARCI subtype. This study aims to further delineate the clinical spectrum of SICI as a rather unique subtype of ARCI. Objectives This prospective study included 78 patients (median age: 15 years) with ARCI who were subdivided in SICI (n = 18) and non-SICI patients (nSICI, n = 60) by their ARCI phenotype. Methods Quality of life (QoL) was assessed using the (Children's) Dermatology Life Quality Index. Statistical analysis was performed with chi-squared and t-Tests. Results The genetically confirmed SICI patients presented causative mutations in the following genes: ALOXE3 (8/16; 50.0%), ALOX12B (6/16; 37.5%), PNPLA1 (1/16; 6.3%) and CYP4F22 (1/16; 6.3%). Hypo-/anhidrosis and insufficient vitamin D levels (<30 ng/mL) were often seen in SICI patients. Brachydactyly (a shortening of the 4th and 5th fingers) was statistically more frequent in SICI (P = 0.023) than in nSICI patients. A kink of the ear's helix was seen in half of the SICI patients and tends to occur more frequently in patients with ALOX12B mutations (P = 0.005). QoL was less impaired in patients under the age of 16, regardless of ARCI type. Conclusions SICI is an underestimated, milder clinical variant of ARCI including distinct features such as brachydactyly and kinking of the ears. Clinical experts should be aware of these features when seeing neonates with a collodion membrane. SICI patients should be regularly checked for clinical parameters such as hypo-/anhidrosis or vitamin D levels and monitored for changes in quality of life
Diffusion Thermopower at Even Denominator Fractions
We compute the electron diffusion thermopower at compressible Quantum Hall
states corresponding to even denominator fractions in the framework of the
composite fermion approach. It is shown that the deviation from the linear low
temperature behavior of the termopower is dominated by the logarithmic
temperature corrections to the conductivity and not to the thermoelectric
coefficient, although such terms are present in both quantities. The enhanced
magnitude of this effect compared to the zero field case may allow its
observation with the existing experimental techniques.Comment: Latex, 12 pages, Nordita repor
Quasiparticle Hall Transport of d-wave Superconductors in Vortex State
We present a theory of quasiparticle Hall transport in strongly type-II
superconductors within their vortex state. We establish the existence of
integer quantum spin Hall effect in clean unconventional
superconductors in the vortex state from a general analysis of the
Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation. The spin Hall conductivity is
shown to be quantized in units of . This result does not
rest on linearization of the BdG equations around Dirac nodes and therefore
includes inter-nodal physics in its entirety. In addition, this result holds
for a generic inversion-symmetric lattice of vortices as long as the magnetic
field satisfies . We then derive the
Wiedemann-Franz law for the spin and thermal Hall conductivity in the vortex
state. In the limit of , the thermal Hall conductivity satisfies
. The
transitions between different quantized values of as well as
relation to conventional superconductors are discussed.Comment: 18 pages REVTex, 3 figures, references adde
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