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Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

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Smith Chair in Regenerative Medicine and Vice Chairman and Professor of Integrative Physiology at Baylor College of Medicine, single-cell genomics expert Dr. Xiao Li, THI Faculty and Assistant Investigator of the McGill Gene Editing Lab at THI and Dr. Diwakar Turaga , pediatric cardiac intensivist at Texas Children’s Hospital and assistant professor (..)

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AI software enables remote monitoring of vital signs in premature babies

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Their vital physiological data such as heart and respiratory rates were also extracted using advanced signal processing techniques that detect subtle colour changes in heartbeats and body movements not visible to the human eye. The researchers claimed that the vital sign readings "matched those of an ECG", even outperforming it in some cases.

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I was shown this ECG without any information. What do you think?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He was moved to the critical care area due to his EKG. Electrocardiology 40: 475-477, 2007 ) — which is the BEST review I’ve seen on the physiology explaining the relative size of artifact deflections when the cause of the artifact is from a single extremity. The patient had come to the ED for SOB, but without any chest pain.

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Massive Transfusion for Motorcycle Collision with Hemorrhage, Troponin Elevated.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her initial troponin I, part of a critical care order set, returned at 0.55 This ECG was done in a middle aged woman who was in a motor vehicle collision in which her vehicle "T-boned" another, so there was trauma to the anterior chest. She had multiple rib fractures as well as serious hemorrhage and underwent massive transfusion.

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What is going on in V2 and V3, with a troponin I rising to 1826 ng/L at 4 hours?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Later, I was working in the ED and a patient was moved from a regular room to the critical care area due to recurrent hypotension. The patient was now under my care. PEARL #3: There is a physiologic reason why pulmonary hypertension from advanced RVH may result in a qR pattern in lead V1 ( Figure-2 ).

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A young woman in her early 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

While calling for some help and arranging to have her transported to our critical care zone, I got this quick ultrasound which confirmed my suspicion: This quick view was all I was able to obtain in the circumstances. The cardiac monitor showed sinus rhythm but the automatic blood pressure cuff was not reading.

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A 40-Something male with a "Seizure," Hypotension, and Bradycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient arrived at the Emergency Dept critical care area and had this ECG recorded: The sinus bradycardia persists. EMS obtained a second ECG one minute later: It appears the patient’s inferior STEMI has reperfused, as there is resolution of the inferior STE.