Expert review of medical devices
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Fecal incontinence (FI), which can severely affect a person's quality of life, is a difficult problem to treat. For some patients, limited management options exist. ⋯ During the first stage, a temporary lead is inserted into the S3 sacral foramen and the patient can monitor improvement before a permanent device is implanted. While this procedure has proven to be effective for treating FI, it is also attractive owing to the low morbidity and low infection risk reported in the literature.
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Expert Rev Med Devices · Sep 2012
ReviewNeonatal hemodynamics: monitoring, data acquisition and analysis.
Monitoring of cardiovascular function is critical to both clinical care and research as the use of sophisticated monitoring systems enable us to obtain accurate, reliable and real-time information on developmental hemodynamics in health and disease. Novel approaches to comprehensive hemodynamic monitoring and data acquisition will undoubtedly aid in developing a better understanding of developmental cardiovascular physiology in neonates. In addition, development and use of state-of-the-art, comprehensive hemodynamic monitoring systems enable the recognition of signs of cardiovascular compromise in its early stages, and provide information on the hemodynamic response to treatment in critically ill patients.