Word: electrocardiogram
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Among the techniques that Alvarez learned were how to perform a complete cardiac check-up and how to read an electrocardiogram, which shows electrical activity in the heart. He also worked with a preventative health program...
...edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine that was sponsored by the IOC, cardiologists from Britain and the Netherlands reviewed existing studies on SCD and came to the conclusion that all athletes under the age of 35 should be routinely tested for heart abnormalities using a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). That conclusion is in line with a document published by the IOC in March that encourages national Olympic bodies to test all athletes with an ECG before they enter into competition. Some professional sports leagues, such as the NFL in the U.S. and the Premier League...
...overdiagnosis, says Aaron, is simple: consistent, objective testing to identify asthma more accurately. A spirometry test, for example, measures the rate and volume of airflow during the patient's exhale, before and after using an inhaler. "If you came in with chest pain, [the physician] would do an electrocardiogram. If you came in complaining of high cholesterol they would do a blood test. But we're not measuring asthma before we start to throw medicines at it. We're making the diagnosis on spec, as it were...
...involved in my patients' lives and get to know them as people." His black bag includes a Palm computer that has wi-fi for e-mail, a special database for patient histories and lab results, and a customized word-processing program. He also carries a battery-powered electrocardiogram (ECG) machine and portable lab kits to do finger sticks that test blood-glucose levels. The doctors often work with lab services that send out technicians to draw blood and with medical companies that provide portable X-ray machines, scanners and ultrasound devices...
...nabbed a first-place finish for his microelectrode array for in vitro cardiac electrophysiological experimentation, which is a “device used to measure extracellular potential of cultured heart cells,” according to Adams. “In a sense, it is just like an [Electrocardiogram], but instead of looking at the entire heart, it takes electrical measurements from a single cell,” he wrote in an e-mail. Kevin “Kit” Parker, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, said that Adams’ project is “stunning...