Search Tag: Point-of-care

ICU Management

2025 24 Jul

Sepsis remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICUs), exacerbated by delays in diagnosis and inadequate risk stratification. Despite advances in critical care, conventional biomarkers like procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) often fail to provide timely or specific detection. Pancreatic Stone Protein...Read more

Health Management

2022 13 Sep

An overview of large-scale, multi-site health IT projects which demonstrate how Agfa HealthCare has strategically and operationally guided clients, who make use of its flagship Enterprise Imaging platform, to fulfill complex requirements and bring to success tangible outcomes. Key Points A well-designed Enterprise Imaging platform...Read more

Executive Health Management

2021 30 Jan

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its Essential Diagnostics List that for the first time includes WHO-recommended COVID-19 tests, and urged countries to prioritise investments in testing.   You might also like: WHO-led Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccines   WHO has been publishing a yearly essential diagnostics list...Read more

ICU Management

2017 15 Sep

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is now a tool used worldwide, integrating clinical assessment of the critically ill. In this review, we focus on lung, diaphragm and cardiac ultrasound in the management of the mechanically ventilated patient. Ultrasound provides useful information to assess and monitor lung aeration, to set mechanical ventilation...Read more