by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Clinical use of B94.8 decreases as U09.9 becomes available. Prior to U09.9’s release, the CDC recommended use of B94.8 (“Sequelae of other specified infectious and parasitic diseases”) as a placeholder code to signify long COVID. As this code is not specific to sequelae of COVID-19, this figure shows...
by University of Texas at Arlington UTA and Shani Technologies are working on the device. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington A team led by a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor and an Austin businessman has published key findings in the BMJ Innovations that illustrate how a new device measures hemoglobin more accurately in individuals...
By Erin Brodwin and Nicholas St. Fleur ADOBE Along-documented, under-the-radar disparity is garnering new attention as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into another year: Some pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels and are critical to making decisions about patient care, aren’t as accurate in Black patients and other people of color. New research on the issue has drawn the attention...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered evidence that the higher prevalence of “malignant” enlargement of the heart among blacks contributes to the higher incidence of heart failure in this population. The new study is published online in the journal Circulation. Left ventricular hypertrophy or LVH is the enlargement and thickening...
