Mobile cardiopulmonary monitoring

The 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is representative of daily-life activities and reflects the functional capacity of patients. The change of oxygen uptake (VO2) in the initial phase of low-intensity exercise (VO2 kinetics) can be used to assess submaximal exercise performance of patients.

10p vimontana2711 05-04-2021 14 1   Download

Studies have shown that radiation from cell phones has the potential to interfere with cardiopulmonary monitoring devices, and in some cases may even cause malfunction of patient ventilators1. Such evidence would seem to indicate that cell phones constitute a significant risk to patient health and safety, warranting their ban from hospital facilities. But many of the same hospitals that are banning cell phones are, at the same time, bringing more and more wireless equipment into the hospital environment. Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs) are being installed at a rapid rate.

4p halanh 14-08-2009 71 3   Download