Search Tag: personalised care
2024 24 Sep
Healthcare is unlike any other industry. When patients seek medical care, they are not simply purchasing a product or service with clear expectations. Instead, they invest emotionally, physically, and financially in an often uncertain outcome. The unpredictability of healthcare makes it challenging to establish trust with patients, especially...Read more
2024 07 Aug
Blood-based biomarkers can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of many illnesses, including cancer. Biomarkers, in general, are biological molecules found in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that indicate normal or pathological processes or responses to therapeutic interventions. They may include unusual proteins, enzymes, or normal...Read more
2024 30 Apr
A recent study investigates the clinical factors influencing clinician decisions regarding fluid administration, vasopressor initiation, and vasopressor route in early sepsis. Previous concerns about fluid overload in sepsis have prompted interest in early vasopressor initiation, especially through peripheral IVs, as an alternative to central lines....Read more
2023 05 Apr
Volume expansion, the initial therapeutic measure for septic shock, involves the intravenous injection of a few hundred millilitres of fluid over a few minutes. However, using fluids in septic patients is a complex strategy, with various types of fluids available. The effects of fluid boluses are inconsistent and transient, and fluids carry risks,...Read more
2020 29 Jan
Summary: We might be ready for the new hospital and the new healthcare system, but are we ready for the empowered patient? When we talk about the future of healthcare or the future of healthcare systems and hospitals, we tend to overlook one very important aspect: the patient. Yes, advanced technology, artificial intelligence, big data, machine...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Summary: Groundbreaking study at the University at Buffalo uses brain stimulation to assess how large-scale patterns of brain activity could vary between cognitive systems and across people. Our research at the University at Buffalo explores brain activity and its association with cognitive systems. Each cognitive system consists of a network...Read more