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L A Bove

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PubMed2001

Computer-assisted education for critical care nurses.

Technology is changing rapidly and health care is just beinnng to see the wave of technological advances. Computer-assisted educational software is available for many topics and in many media. Educators and learners need to explore these media and determine how they can best fit into a total learning experience. Computers should be used to enhance education and training, rather than replace the human instructor. The latest software and hardware are interesting to learners, but technology needs to be weighed along with outcomes of education. Over the next 10 years, many of the materials we use today for critical care education will be replaced with more advanced technologies. Subject matter experts should work with computer experts to design and improve computer-assisted technology. In addition, all educators should assess the return on investment of these newer technologies before embracing them.

Attitude to Computers↗
PubMed1993

Cardiomyoplasty: treatment of the failing heart using the skeletal muscle wrap.

Surgical methods of augmenting cardiac function are gaining credibility among researchers as animal and human clinical trials continue around the world. The procedures themselves may vary slightly depending upon protocol and surgeon preference, but generally involve the use of skeletal muscle such as the latissimus dorsi. The muscle may be wrapped around the heart or the aorta, or fashioned into a separate pumping chamber. The muscle is then stimulated with specialized burst pacing, the resultant contractions providing circulatory support. This article describes preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative, and follow-up patient and family care for those undergoing skeletal muscle wrap procedures. If trials continue to produce positive results, these interventions may become an important bridge to transplant. Moreover, with the scarcity of donor hearts, the implications for skeletal muscle wrapping as a long-term alternative to transplant are promising.

Cardiac Output, Low↗
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Comparison of first-generation and second-generation blood glucose meters for use in a hospital setting.

This study evaluated and compared a first- and a second-generation blood glucose meter for precision, accuracy, and user preference. Two separate capillary blood glucose fingersticks were performed on 25 outpatients and 60 inpatients with diabetes. Samples were drawn for serum glucose determinations immediately following the capillary fingersticks. Comparison of the Accu-Chek II and Satellite G meters in the outpatient setting gave results similar to the reference laboratory's. When the meters were tested on inpatients, the blood glucose results were significantly higher than those obtained from the hospital laboratory. The Accu-Chek II was more precise than the Satellite G on both normal and high blood glucose samples. Nursing staff indicated preference for the Satellite G because of its quick testing time but not for other preference factors surveyed. Both meters provided more accurate assessments of blood glucose concentration than were obtained from the serum glucose samples routinely processed by our hospital laboratory. Use of a nonfluorinated tube and delayed separation of the sample with resultant glycolysis likely account for this difference.

Blood Glucose↗