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Provide a forum for scientists and professionals from the fields of medicine, physics, engineering and computer science to discuss their current research in topics pertaining to computing in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular physiology.

Cardiology --- Patient monitoring --- Data processing --- Monitoring (Hospital care) --- Monitoring, Patient --- Monitoring, Physiological --- Physiological monitoring --- Critical care medicine --- Diagnosis --- Vital signs

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The most common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) is diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), with a prevalence of four to ten percent among DM patients. Local circulation is an essential requirement for efficient wound healing, providing sufficient oxygen and nutrient delivery. Therefore it is possible that compression therapies can improve local circulation and improve clinical outcomes for patients with DFUs, as has been demonstrated for other wound types. Compression therapies apply controlled external pressure to promote local circulation by simulating vasodilation or reduction of venous congestion and edema. The controlled external pressure is applied using bandages, specialized stockings, or inflatable garments. Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) is a compression therapy utilizing sleeves that are inflated to a defined pressure before being deflated, simulating the effect of walking and weight-bearing on the venous system. A related treatment called compressed air massage utilizes a stream of compressed air directly on the affected area and may have similar local circulation effects. However, DFUs are a unique wound type and are often accompanied by contraindications for compression therapy including ischemia and peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The purpose of this report is to retrieve and review existing clinical efficacy evidence for compression therapy in the treatment of DFUs. Additionally this report aims to retrieve and review evidence for compression therapy cost-effectiveness, and to retrieve and review the existing compression therapy guidelines for the treatment of DFUs.

Bandages and bandaging. --- Foot --- Diabetics --- Ulcers. --- Care. --- Diabetes --- Wireless communication systems --- Patient monitoring --- Foot Ulcer --- Diabetic Foot --- Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices. --- Diabetes Complications --- Clinical medicine --- Clinical trial --- Diabetic foot ulcer --- Evidence-based medicine --- Health --- Health care --- Health sciences --- Medical guideline --- Medical specialties --- Medicine --- Ulcers --- Complications --- Safety measures. --- Equipment and supplies. --- therapy.

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Wireless technologies are now accepted and widely used in both professional and personal capacities because of lower deployment costs and their ability to provide greater mobility, instant access to data, and increased efficiencies. Clinicians benefit from wireless devices by being able to consult with other care providers, to quickly look up details from a library of resources, to access an electronic health record or other computerized system, or to view patient data. Wireless communication devices provide patients and visitors to healthcare facilities the ability to connect and continue participating in important relational aspects of their lives during the visit. Such conveniences make their stay a more positive experience. However, there are downsides to the use of wireless devices in the healthcare environment that may pose potential threat to security breaches and patient safety. Considering the widespread use of wireless devices, including some for medical purposes, and their popularity among health care providers as well as patients and visitors to hospitals due to advantages previously discussed, this report aims to provide current evidence on the safe use of wireless devices in healthcare environments bearing in mind the possibilities of interference with equipment function which may compromise patient safety.

Wireless communication systems. --- Electromagnetic interference. --- Wireless communication systems in medical care --- Wireless communication systems --- Patient monitoring --- Wireless Technology. --- Monitoring, Physiologic. --- Clinical trial --- Code-division multiple access --- Computer security --- Electrocardiography --- Electromagnetic interference --- Gsm --- Health care --- Medical device --- Mobile phone --- Monitoring (medicine) --- Safety measures. --- Equipment and supplies.

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       This is an introduction to the patient monitoring technologies that are used in today’s acute care environments, including the operating room, recovery room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and telemetry floor.  To a significant extent, day-to-day medical decision-making relies on the information provided by these technologies, yet how they actually work is not always addressed  during education and training.      The editors and contributors are world-renowned experts who specialize in developing, refining, and testing the technology that makes modern-day clinical monitoring possible.  Their aim in creating the book is to bridge the gap between clinical training and clinical practice with an easy to use and up-to-date guide.    ·         How monitoring works in a variety of acute care settings ·         For any healthcare professional working in an acute care environment ·         How to apply theoretical knowledge to real patient situations ·         Hemodynamic, respiratory, neuro-, metabolic, and other forms of monitoring ·         Information technologies in the acute care setting ·         New and future technologies.

Critical care medicine. --- Patient monitoring. --- Monitoring (Hospital care) --- Monitoring, Patient --- Monitoring, Physiological --- Physiological monitoring --- Intensive care --- Intensive medicine --- Medicine. --- Anesthesiology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Health informatics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Health Informatics. --- Medicine --- Emergency medicine --- Intensive care units --- Clinical informatics --- Health informatics --- Medical information science --- Information science --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Anaesthesiology --- Surgery --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Data processing --- Diagnosis --- Vital signs --- Medical records --- Data processing. --- EHR systems --- EHR technology --- EHRs (Electronic health records) --- Electronic health records --- Electronic medical records --- EMR systems --- EMRs (Electronic medical records) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Medical care