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Assessment of labor progress via digital exams is considered the standard of care in most delivery rooms. However, this method can be stressful, painful and imprecise and multiple exams increase the risk for chorioamnionitis. Trans-perineal ultrasound (TPUS) was found to be an objective noninvasive way to monitor labor progress. The study aim is to investigate whether, in nulliparous women, the use of TPUS during labor can reduce the number of vaginal exams and the incidence of chorioamnionitis.
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of varying hot environments on physiological and perceptual fatigue during work.
Hydration is important to all individuals including occupational workers who complete physical activity in the heat. Current best practice guidelines suggest drinking a cup of water every 15-20 minutes during activity in a hot environment, but research shows this may not be ideal for best maintaining hydration. The goal of this study is to determine if larger, more frequent water boluses better maintain hydration than smaller, less frequent water boluses during moderate intensity physical activity in the heat.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of intermittent forearm cooling on exercise performance in the heat.
Recent data suggests that increased temperature improves inotropic function during systole and may improve diastolic function in healthy humans at rest, despite a reduction in left ventricular volume at end diastole. The effect of heat stress has not been reported in patients receiving general anesthesia and the impact of general anesthesia on these findings is not known. Trans-esophageal echocardiography will be used to measure parameters important to both systolic and diastolic function at temperature intervals of 1°C in patients undergoing "Heated Intraoperative Peritoneal Chemotherapy" (HIPEC.) That general anesthesia will not alter the cardiovascular effects of increased temperature that has been reported in healthy, un-anesthetized humans is the hypothesis.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated "COVID- 19") is a pandemic respiratory disease that is caused by a novel coronavirus and was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease is highly infectious, and its main clinical symptoms include fever, dry cough, fatigue, myalgia, and dyspnoea.1 In China, 18.5% of the patients with COVID-19 developed to the severe stage, which is characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, difficult-to-tackle metabolic acidosis, and bleeding and coagulation dysfunction. After China, COVID-19 spread across the world and many governments implemented unprecedented measures like suspension of public transportation, the closing of public spaces, close management of communities, and isolation and care for infected people and suspected cases. The Malaysian government had enforced Movement Control Order (MCO) from 18th March to 4th May 2020 and henceforth Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) until 9th June 2020. The battle against COVID-19 is still continuing in Malaysia and all over the world. Due to the CMO and CMCO in the country, public and private universities have activated the e-learning mode for classes and as the government ordered, universities are closed and no face-to-face activities allowed. This has forced students of all disciplines including dentistry to stay at home which are wide-spread across Malaysia and shift to e- learning mode. To guarantee the final success for fight against COVID-19, regardless of their education status, students' adherence to these control measures are essential, which is largely affected by their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 in accordance with KAP theory. Once the restrictions are eased students have to come back and resume their clinical work in the campus. Hence, in this study we assessed the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 and the students preference for online learning.
BHSAI is developing a computational system that provides early alerts of a rise in core body temperature to help reduce the risk of heat injury in the field and during training. The goal of the body temperature alerting system is to use it during rest, exercise in the heat and during body cooling. Using this system during cooling will allow healthcare professionals and military personnel monitor core temperature to ensure cooling is effective (and prevent hypothermia). Therefore, the primary purpose of this investigation is to validate a body temperature alerting system using physiological responses that occur during rest, exercise in the heat and during body cooling. Multiple cooling modalities will be validated. The effectiveness of each cooling modality (passive cooling, mist-fan cooling, hand/forearm immersion) on physiological variables after exercise in the heat will be assessed. Lastly, subject characteristics (demographic and anthropometric characteristics) will be examined to examine their effect on physiological variables during exercise in the heat and during body cooling with each cooling modality.
To improve the safety of diagnosis and therapy for a set of conditions and undifferentiated symptoms for hospitalized patients, the investigators will employ a set of methods and tools from the disciplines of systems engineering, human factors, quality improvement,and data analytics to thoroughly analyze the problem, design and develop potential solutions that leverage existing current technological infrastructure, and implement and evaluate the final interventions. The investigators will engage the interdisciplinary care team and patient (or their caregivers) to ensure treatment trajectories match the anticipated course for working diagnoses (or symptoms), and whether they are in line with patient and clinician expectations. The investigators will use an Interrupted time series (ITS) design to assess impact on diagnostic errors that lead to patient harm. The investigators will perform quantitative and qualitative evaluations using implementation science principles to understand if the interventions worked, and why or why not.
Fever is one of the key symptoms exhibited by contagious patients infected with the Ebola and other viruses. Thermographs and non-contact infrared thermometers (NCITs) are commonly used as early detection tools for screening and isolating sick individuals in healthcare settings and transit centers such as airports. The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the temperature measurement accuracy of thermographs and NCITs. The study will be accomplished by establishing a protocol based on best practices for screening published in the IEC 80601-2-59:2008 Medical electrical equipment -- Part 2-59: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of screening thermographs for human febrile temperature screening standard, performing initial measurements in patients to optimize clinical procedures, then performing quantitative clinical measurements in febrile and afebrile human subjects to compare thermographs - used in accordance with recognized best practices for measurement - with NCITs for fever screening. Since thermographs and NCITs represent the only currently viable mass screening approaches for infectious disease pandemics, like the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, the study will evaluate these thermal modalities as medical countermeasures for fever-related pandemics and therefore improve response to these diseases.