All articles by Schattopadhaya
Schattopadhaya
Into the deep: proper utilisation of patient data
From automatically analysing medical scans to using digital records to predict illness, new technology is transforming how doctors care for their patients. But the rise of digital patient data comes with its own set of challenges, with clinicians and IT firms needing to work hard to keep data safe. Andrea Valentino catches up with Dr Dominic King, a clinical lead at DeepMind, about how his team gets round these problems, and how innovative use of patient data can improve life for doctors and patients alike.
Shock of the new: treatment to beat sepsis
Two leading names in pharma have signed an R&D agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test for septic shock that could help identify patients who are more likely to respond to treatment. Kerry Taylor-Smith speaks to Jean-Jacques Palombo, life-cycle leader and senior vice-president at Roche Diagnostics, and Margarita Salcedo-Magguilli, chief development officer at Inotrem, about septic shock and the issues facing the healthcare sector in beating it.
In the hot seat: setting up the perfect OR
What is the ultimate set-up for an operating room (OR)? In this special report, we focus on ergonomics and human factors with insights from Dr Philip Chen, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, who specialises in the study of the perfect way to work when sitting and standing in the OR. Andrew Putwain speaks to him about the do’s and don’ts of building an operating theatre.
The way to a woman’s heart
As we grow older, our chances of developing heart disease gradually increase. However, misdiagnosis of the condition among women, relative to men, remains at worryingly high levels. Greg Noone talks to Professor Maja-Lisa Løchen about the steps that can be taken to bring female heart disease into sharper focus.
Point of impact: curbing influenza with digital immunoassays
With annual influenza outbreaks having grown in size and severity, the search is on for reliable and cost-effective diagnostic tests. Practical Patient Care talks to Dr Emily Toth Martin of the University of Michigan School of Public Medicine and Dr Jesse Papenburg, a paediatric infectious disease specialist and microbiologist at Montreal Children’s Hospital, about the potential that new digital immunoassays and molecular point-of-care tests have to lessen the yearly impact of the flu virus.
On the buzzer: centralised patient monitoring
While patient monitoring has saved many lives, the majority of alarms in hospital rooms are clinically insignificant, causing nurses to develop ‘alarm fatigue’. The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, US, is addressing this head-on by monitoring patients off-site. Dr Daniel Cantillon tells Abi Millar how centralised monitoring can more effectively use hospital resources and improve patient care.
Made to measure: MRI technique to assess lung cancer
A new MRI technique might provide a reliable way to assess how lung cancers are responding to treatment. Kerry Taylor-Smith speaks to study leader Professor Nandita deSouza, translational imaging professor at the Institute of Cancer Research, about the tumour-measuring technology.
Embracing neonatal MRI
A revolutionary neonatal MRI system is enabling hospitals to run more brain diagnostics on premature babies in intensive care units than ever. Elly Earls talks to Uri Rapoport, CEO of Aspect Imaging, about this game-changing new technology.
Close to the chest: CheXNet
In November 2017, researchers at Stanford University unveiled CheXNet, a deep-learning algorithm that they claimed could identify pneumonia cases from chest X-rays more efficiently than radiologists. Questions emerged, however, on the accuracy of these findings. Greg Noone speaks to Pranav Rajpurkar and Jeremy Irvin, co-creators of the algorithm, about these claims.
VivoSight: beam us up
A team of European scientists has developed the world’s first cancer scanner that detects blood vessels grown by a malignant melanoma with an infrared laser beam. UK project leader Jon Holmes of Michelson Diagnostics tells Dave Callaghan how optical coherence tomography is enabling specialists to capture 3D images of microscopic structures under the skin in less than 30 seconds.