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Filter by:This study is Phase 3 of a three-phase DOD CDMRP funded project for the development of a multi-technology poly-anatomic noninvasive system for early detection of occult hemorrhage. Early detection of ongoing hemorrhage (OH) before onset of shock is a universally acknowledged great unmet need, and particularly important after trauma. Delays in the detection of OH are associated with a "failure to rescue" and a dramatic deterioration in prognosis once the onset of clinically frank shock has occurred. An early alert to the presence of OH with an acceptable rate of false-positives and false-negatives would save countless lives. Additionally, such technology would save significant time, money and effort by allowing medical resources to be applied more accurately - the essence of precision medicine. An automated system would monitor currently stable patients continuously, leaving clinicians free to care for patients in need of attention.
The global burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence among young age groups is rising and overwhelming. This new trend of young-onset CRC incidence is evident in western countries. Unfortunately, Asian countries have shown the same epidemic shift in the past few years. As a consequence, this situation might necessitate revisiting the current screening program in this region. Saudi Arabia has a two-fold increase in CRC incidence among young age groups in the last 18 years (9.6/100000 for male versus 9.3/100000 for female). This rising incidence ascribed to the lack of a screening program and suggested lowering CRC screening to 40. The low awareness about risk factors, signs, and symptoms of the disease causes late presentation of CRC cases. Therefore, most presenting cases are associated with a poor prognosis and short survival. Educational and screening programs are, by no means, considered valuable and essential as CRC tends to affect younger age groups.
Early detection of ongoing hemorrhage (OH) before onset of hemorrhagic shock is a universally acknowledged great unmet need, and particularly important after traumatic injury. Delays in the detection of OH are associated with a "failure to rescue" and a dramatic deterioration in prognosis once the onset of clinically frank shock has occurred. An early alert to the presence of OH would save countless lives. This is a single site study, enrolling 48 patients undergoing liver resection in a "no significant risk" prospective clinical trial to: 1) further identify a minimal subset of noninvasive measurement technologies necessary for the desired diagnostic performance, 2) validate the performance of our Phase I algorithm, and 3) re-train the algorithm to a Phase II human iteration. The main outcome variables are non-invasive measurements that will be used for machine learning, not real-time patient management. The data generated will be used later for discovery and validation in traditional and innovative machine learning.