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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Medical assessment"”.
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Medical consequences in endurance sports - Two Oceans Marathon longitudinal study : an evaluation of participation guidelines in runners presenting with symptoms of acute illness before competition
… 20 years ago, was based mainly on an abbreviated medical history and findings of a clinical examination were excluded. Symptoms of illness ‘above-the-neck’ e.g.sneezing, rhinorrhoea or sinus congestion constitute a ‘passed’ “neck check”, whereas ‘below-the-neck’ symptoms e.g.cough and/or systemic …
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Dynamic wearable technology : designing and deploying small climbing robots for sensing and actuation on the human body
… will provide new avenues of autonomous or guided medical assessment and treatment as well as new venues for the artistic and interfacial exploration of relationships between our bodies and our devices.
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A Comparative Analysis of Two Low-Acuity Flow Processes in the Emergency Department
… study designed to evaluate the impact of a Rapid Medical Assessment process versus Fast Track process on improving ED throughput. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and two-factor analyses of covariance (ANCOVA). ANCOVA statistics were calculated using "arrival to first provider contact …
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Image Segmentation, Parametric Study, and Supervised Surrogate Modeling of Image-based Computational Fluid Dynamics
… as a great non-invasive capability to study biomedical flows. These modern technologies increase the potential of computation-aided diagnostics and therapeutics in a patient-specific environment. I studied three components of this image-based computational fluid dynamics process in this work. To …
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Deriving Evidence for Healthcare Decision Makers: The Case of Patient Flow
… 6) A systematic review and meta-analysis of Medical Assessment Units (MAUs), solicited by health system decision-makers, summarized existing published evidence on MAUs and their benefits; and finally 7) An accompanying national environmental scan survey study of existing MAU-like initiatives …
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Application and evaluation of high speed data transfer for decision support in remote health care.
This thesis describes the use of telemedicine and medical decision support facilities to improve remote health care in three different scenarios viz. remote communities, merchant marine vessels and offshore installations. In each scenario, telemedical technology and new operational procedures were …
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ECG Sonification to Support Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cardiac Pathologies
… a tool to support diagnosis and monitoring in medical assessment. In a way, sonification is already used in medical environments, as it is common to find sounding medical devices in these scenarios. Nonetheless, current sonifications are mainly based on the idea of conveying low-level features …
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Thickness estimation, automated classification and novelty detection in ultrasound images of the plantar fascia tissues
… is possible for the overuse and the associated medical problems to cause injuries and some severe common diseases. Ultrasound (US) imaging offers significant potential in diagnosis of PF injuries and monitoring treatments. Despite the advantages of US, the generated PF images are difficult to …
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Medical conditions and illness in elite football players during international competition
… injury. However, despite anecdotal evidence that medical symptomatology, illness and medical complaints are common during travel to international competitions, the epidemiology of medical conditions before, during or after elite level football tournaments, has not been well documented. Objective: …
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Evaluation of policy regulating access to South African Social Security Agency's disability grants in Umlazi township
… the lack of relevant training for staff and medical practitioners, the lack of community engagement and awareness, medical practitioners who use their discretion to make recommendations to the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) administrators, the risk of inclusion and exclusion …
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Risk assessment and mortality prediction in patients with venous thromboembolism using big data and machine learning.
… electronic health records, open-source big- data medical databases and machine learning, predictive modelling could be utilized and become a powerful tool to guide clinical decision. The aim of the study was to explore the use and performance of various machine learning algorithms (ML) in order to …
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Management of asymptomatic inguinal hernias
… admitted with an acute hernia. 46 had a previous medical assessment either as an acute admission (12) at a surgical clinic (22) or by a General Practitioner (12). Eighteen had been declared unfit for operation at that assessment, 10 were ASA4, 5 ASA3 and 3 ASA2. Eleven patients were on the waiting …
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The Impact of Vitamin D Status upon Markers of Athlete Health
… Committee (QOC) presented for pre-competition medical assessment at Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar. All athletes completed a vitamin D questionnaire that included questions specifically related to country of origin, sporting discipline, skin type, self-reported exposure to daily …