A5054061719- Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- Music Therapy and Health
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- ECG Monitoring and Analysis
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Noise Effects and Management
- Advanced Control Systems Optimization
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- Global Health and Surgery
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2016-2025
Vanderbilt University
2014-2024
McGill University
2017-2023
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology
2017-2020
University of Plymouth
2017
University of Nairobi
2015
Maine School of Science and Mathematics
2007
Silesian University of Technology
2002
University of California, Los Angeles
1975-1976
Methadone hydrochloride-maintenance outpatients were compared to abstinent exaddicts on physiological and psychological measures, normal subjects measures. The battery of tests measure cognitive abilities mental state. depressed respiration rate below other groups; had higher heart rates than methadone or control subjects. No differences appeared. Electroencephalographic spectral analysis disclosed that the location alpha peak was at lowest frequency in group, next being group. Discriminant...
Anesthesiology requires performing visually oriented procedures while monitoring auditory information about a patient's vital signs. A concern in operating room environments is the amount of competing and effects that divided attention has on patient monitoring, such as detecting changes arterial oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry.The authors measured impact visual attentional load background noise ability anesthesia residents to monitor oximeter display laboratory setting. Accuracies...
Ten years after the publication of a landmark article in AACN Advanced Critical Care, alarm fatigue continues to be an issue that researchers, clinicians, and organizations aim remediate. Alarm contributes missed alarms medical errors result patient death, increased clinical workload burnout, interference with recovery. Led by American Association Critical-Care Nurses, national safety continue prioritize efforts battle have proposed management strategies mitigate effects fatigue. Similarly,...
An ascending series of single doses the narcotic antagonist naltrexone, ranging from 20 to 160 mg, was administered 8 abstinent former addicts in order assess agonistic activity and any toxic side effects. There little alteration normal body function. Significant, but small, changes sublingual temperature (0.4 degrees F decrease), diastolic blood pressure (1.7 mm Hg increase) were induced. Among battery tests assessing behavioral or mood-feeling variables, only 2 showed significant...
To develop and test an accurate deep learning model for predicting new onset delirium in hospitalized adult patients.Using electronic health record (EHR) data extracted from a large academic medical center, we developed combining long short-term memory (LSTM) machine to predict compared its performance with machine-learning-only models (logistic regression, random forest, support vector machine, neural network, LightGBM). The labels of were confusion assessment method (CAM) assessments. We...
• Eight cases of streptococcal meningitis occurred after myelography with metrizamide or iophendylate injection. These were compared six previously described episodes lumbar puncture—related meningitis. Careful examination Gram's stain CSF, positive in 79% the cases, was useful as an aid distinguishing from more common aseptic chemical induced by contrast media used myelography.
In Brief The pulse oximeter is a critical monitor in anesthesia practice designed to improve patient safety. Here, we present an approach the ability of anesthesiologists arterial oxygen saturation via oximetry through audiovisual training process. Fifteen residents' abilities detect auditory changes were measured before and after perceptual training. Training resulted 9% (95% confidence interval, 4%–14%, P = 0.0004, t166 3.60) increase detection accuracy, 72-millisecond 40–103 milliseconds,...
Audible alarms are a ubiquitous feature of all high-paced, high-risk domains such as aviation and nuclear power where operators control complex systems. In settings, missed alarm can have disastrous consequences. It is conventional wisdom that for to be heard, "louder better," so levels in operational environments routinely exceed ambient noise levels. Through robust experimental paradigm an anechoic environment study human response audible alerting stimuli cognitively demanding setting,...
The reserved set of audible alarm signals embodied within the global medical device safety standard, IEC 60601-1-8, is known to be problematic and in need updating. current are not only suboptimal, but there also little evidence beyond learnability (which poor) that demonstrates their performance realistic representative clinical environments. In this article, we describe process first designing then testing potential replacement for starting with design several sets candidate sounds initial...
Background Implementing music in the intensive care unit has increased popularity because environment can be stressful and anxiety inducing for many patients. In hospital settings, therapeutic beneficial patients’ well-being recovery. Although live typically involves a face-to-face encounter between musician patient, COVID-19 pandemic prompted change to virtual music, using technology present real time (eg, with tablet computer). Objective To generate novel findings regarding perceptions of...
Alongside the development and testing of new audible alarms intended to support International Electrotechnical Commission 60601-1-8, a global standard concerned with alarm safety, categories risk that denotes require further thought possible updating. In this article, we revisit origins covered by standard. These were based on ways tissue damage can be caused. We consider these from varied professional perspectives authors: human factors, semiotics, clinical practice, patient or family...
Auditory alarms offer great potential for facilitating human-computer interactions in complex, rapidly changing environments. They are particularly useful medical settings, where theory they should afford communication emergency rooms, operating theatres, and hospitals around the world. Unfortunately, sounds typically used these devices problematic, researchers have documented numerous shortcomings. Their ubiquity means that even incremental improvements can significant benefits patient...
Current alarm standards used in safety critical environments (e.g., medical alarms hospitals) suffer from a myriad of complications with detectability, annoyance, and fatigue affecting the wellbeing patients staff. To large extent, these are based on same simplistic, temporally invariant tones. Here we explore how insights acoustic properties musical triangle can aid detection, reducing overall levels hence annoyance ratings. Two tones used, (1) standard tone similar to those current...
The surgical and anaesthesia needs of low-income countries are mostly unknown due to the lack data on infrastructure human resources. goal this study is assess capacity in Guyana. A survey tool adapted from WHO Tool for Situational Analysis Assess Emergency Essential Surgical Care was used nine regional district hospitals within Ministry Health system In across Guyana, there were an average 0.7 obstetricians/gynaecologists, 3.5 non-OB surgeons, 1 anaesthesiologist per hospital. District...