Claim: New York hospital sends some 'borderline' COVID-19 patients home with oxygen monitors.
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title: Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
text: perform an artificial disc implant into a spine. In 2006 Wyckoff Heights Medical Center received top honors from HSS Incorporated (a medical coding software developer) for the hospital's medical coding practices, as part of the third-annual "Top 200 Coding Hospital Report". Asthmapolis Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is the first New York area hospital to use Asthmapolis. Marketed as the BreathEasy program, the hospital provides participants with the smartphone application and a snap-on sensor that tracks how often participants use their asthma inhaler. Wyckoff physicians receive immediate notification of a patients worsening condition. The program is offered through the hospital's pediatric

title: Polysomnography
text: return the device to the health care provider. The provider would retrieve data from the device and could make assumptions based on the information given. For example, series of drastic blood oxygen desaturations during night periods may indicate some form of respiratory event (apnea). The equipment monitors, at a minimum, oxygen saturation. More sophisticated home study devices have most of the monitoring capability of their sleep lab technician run counterparts, and can be complex and time-consuming to set up for self-monitoring. After the test is completed a "scorer" analyzes the data by reviewing the study in 30-second "epochs". The score

title: Polysomnography
text: completed and the patient is discharged home by 7 a.m. unless a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) is to be done during the day to test for excessive daytime sleepiness. Most recently, health care providers may prescribe home studies to enhance patient comfort and reduce expense. The patient is given instructions after a screening tool is used, uses the equipment at home and returns it the next day. Most screening tools consist of an airflow measuring device (thermistor) and a blood oxygen monitoring device (pulse oximeter). The patient would sleep with the screening device for one to several days, then

title: Masimo
text: 2012, Masimo began offering ultra-compact mainstream and sidestream capnography as well as multigas analyzers for end-tidal carbon dioxide (CO), nitrous oxide (NO), oxygen (O), and anesthetic agents, for use in the operating room, procedural sedation, and in intensive care units (ICU). A multi-center study at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona), and Children's Medical Center (Dallas), found that respiratory rate measured from noninvasive, acoustic monitoring had similar accuracy and precision as nasal capnography, the current standard of care when used in pediatric patients. On December 1, 2014, Masimo announced FDA 510(k) clearance of Radius-7 for the

title: Oxygen concentrator
text: hospitals, disaster facilities). Since the early 2000s, a number of companies have produced portable oxygen concentrators. Typically, these devices produce the equivalent of one to five liters per minute of continuous oxygen flow and they use some version of pulse flow or "demand flow" to deliver oxygen only when the patient is inhaling. They can also provide pulses of oxygen either to provide higher intermittent flows or to reduce the power consumption. Research into oxygen concentration is ongoing and modern techniques suggest that the amount of adsorbent required by a medical oxygen concentrators can be potentially "reduced by a factor

title: Oxygen concentrator
text: commercial airlines, users of aircraft without [[cabin pressurization]] need oxygen concentrators which are able to deliver enough flowrate even at high altitudes, such as OXYFLY. Usually, "demand" or pulse-flow oxygen concentrators are not used by patients while they sleep. There have been problems with the oxygen concentrators not being able to detect when the sleeping patient is inhaling. Some larger portable oxygen concentrators are designed to operate in continuous-flow mode in addition to pulse-flow mode. Continuous-flow mode is considered safe for night use when coupled with a [[Continuous Positive Airway Pressure|CPAP]] machine. Common models retail at around $600. Leasing arrangements

title: Monitoring (medicine)
text: ones mentioned above, and most commonly include at least blood pressure and heart rate, and preferably also pulse oximetry and respiratory rate. Multimodal monitors that simultaneously measure and display the relevant vital parameters are commonly integrated into the bedside monitors in critical care units, and the anesthetic machines in operating rooms. These allow for continuous monitoring of a patient, with medical staff being continuously informed of the changes in general condition of a patient. Some monitors can even warn of pending fatal cardiac conditions before visible signs are noticeable to clinical staff, such as atrial fibrillation or premature ventricular contraction

title: Portable oxygen concentrator
text: and frequent deliveries. Beginning in the 2000s, manufacturers developed portable versions. Since their initial development, reliability has been improved, and POCs now produce between one and six liters per minute (LPM) of oxygen depending the breathing rate of the patient. The latest models of intermittent flow only products weighed in the range of from 2.8 to 9.9 pounds (1.3 to 4.5 kg) and continuous flow (CF) units were between 10 and 20 pounds (4.5 to 9.0 kg). POCs operate on the same principle as a home concentrator, pressure swing adsorption. The basic set up of a POC is a miniaturized

title: Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi
text: fully equipped top-of-the-line flat panel catheterisation labs with hemodynamic recorders. A 16 bedded Critical Care Unit (CCU) is equipped with patient monitors networked with a central station, ventilators, infusion pumps, ECG and echo machines, defibrillators, portable X-Ray and imaging units. Patients mostly belong to economically weaker sections of the society, who could not have afforded the cost of the treatment elsewhere. The CTVS department in the hospital conducts all types of cardiac surgeries, except heart transplants. One-third of the cardiac surgeries are congenital heart diseases, one-third valve replacements/repair and the remaining, coronary revascularizations with 90% of them being off-pump procedures.

title: New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project
text: passed out and was taken to an emergency room with severe asthma, later saying that he had been asked to stop using his inhaler. According to the clinic's associate medical director, Dr. Kawabena Nyamekye, participants were being helped off medication at their own insistence, not at the request of Downtown Medical. A former worker at Downtown Medical told reporters that staff were discouraged from calling for an ambulance even in an emergency, and that one of them had been required to break off contact with her boyfriend because he had left Scientology. A spokesman responded that the clinic had "a

title: Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)
text: programs. The hospital has vastly contributed to the medical community in various fields of study, most notably in public health, infectious disease, trauma (medicine), and emergency medicine. More recent research has examined oxygen delivery in trauma patients, looking at biomarkers and physiological parameters such as organ-specific pH monitoring. Other studies have challenged the utilization of accepted predictive markers such as vital signs, and serum lactic acid levels, in trying to employ the use of end-tidal carbon dioxide as a better diagnostic and prognostic marker in penetrating trauma patients. Lincoln has also tackled many public health issues, such as helping recognize

title: Gas detector
text: detectors daily. Oxygen deficiency gas monitors are used for employee and workforce safety. Cryogenic substances such as liquid nitrogen (LN2), liquid helium (He), and liquid argon (Ar) are inert and can displace oxygen (O) in a confined space if a leak is present. A rapid decrease of oxygen can provide a very dangerous environment for employees, who may not notice this problem before they suddenly lose consciousness. With this in mind, an oxygen gas monitor is important to have when cryogenics are present. Laboratories, MRI rooms, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and cryogenic suppliers are typical users of oxygen monitors. Oxygen fraction in

title: Intra-aortic balloon pump
text: Medical Center and were manufactured by Datascope Corporation in 1969. The system was subsequently used clinically by Dr. David Bregman in 1976 at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. The first clinical implant was performed at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. in Oct., 1967. The patient, a 48-year-old woman, was in cardiogenic shock and unresponsive to traditional therapy. An IABP was inserted by a cut down on the left femoral artery. Pumping was performed for approximately 6 hours. Shock reversed and the patient was discharged. The size of the original balloon was 15 French but eventually 9 and 8 French

title: Neurointensive care
text: critically ill neurologic patient. Hypothermia: One third to half of people with coronary artery disease will have an episode where their heart stops. Of the patients who have their heart stopped seven to thirty percent leave the hospital with good neurological outcome (conscious, normal brain function, alert, capable of normal life). Lowering patients body temperature between 32 -34 degrees within six hours of arriving at the hospital doubles the patients with no significant brain damage compared to no cooling and increases survival of patients. Basic life support monitoring: Electrocardiography, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, assessment of comatose patients. Neurological monitoring :

title: Critical care nursing
text: ventricular assist devices (LVAD and RVAD), continuous renal replacement equipment (CRRT/CVVHDF), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits (ECMO) and many other advanced life support devices. The training for the use of this equipment is provided through a network of in-hospital inservices, manufacturer training, and many hours of education time with experienced operators. Annual continuing education is required by most states in the U.S. and by many employers to ensure that all skills are kept up to date. Many intensive care unit management teams will send their nurses to conferences to ensure that the staff is kept up to the current state of

title: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
text: Infirmary of Mount Sinai as a part of the merger between Continuum Health Partners and The Mount Sinai Medical Center. The interior of the old infirmary was used in "The Godfather", for the scenes in which Mafia Don Vito Corleone is in the hospital after being shot, and his son, Michael Corleone, attempts to protect him against gunman who are trying to kill him. List of hospitals in New York Notes New York Eye and Ear Infirmary The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York

title: North York General Hospital
text: children are cared for at the hospital. The hospital offers a wide variety of medical imaging and cardio-respiratory services at its General and Branson sites. The Medicine & Elder Care Program covers a wide range of services with a special focus on the care of the elderly. Inpatient units provide care in: Neurology and Stroke; Cardiology; General Internal Medicine; Respiratory and Gastrointestinal; Critical Care Unit; and Acute Care of the Elderly. In addition, a patient unit in the Reactivation Care Centre at 2111 Finch Avenue West, serves NYGH patients who no longer need acute care services, but find themselves waiting

title: Coronary catheterization
text: local anaesthesia such as lidocaine and minimal general sedation, throughout the procedure. Performing the procedure with the patient awake is safer as the patient can immediately report any discomfort or problems and thereby facilitate rapid correction of any undesirable events. Medical monitors fail to give a comprehensive view of the patient's immediate well-being; how the patient feels is often a most reliable indicator of procedural safety. Death, myocardial infarction, stroke, serious ventricular arrhythmia, and major vascular complications each occur in less than 1% of patients undergoing catheterization. However, though the imaging portion of the examination is often brief, because of

title: Portable oxygen concentrator
text: device’s size and weight (approximately 18–20 lbs). There are some units available that are capable of functioning in either mode. With on-demand or pulse flow, delivery is measured by the size (in milliliters) of the "bolus" of oxygen per breath. Medical: Commercial: On 13 May 2009, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) ruled that air carriers conducting passenger flights of greater capacity than 19 seats, must allow travelers with a disability to use an FAA-approved POC. The DOT rules have been adopted by many international airlines. A list of POCs approved for air travel is on the FAA website.

title: Covidien
text: end of 2014, Covidien was operating in more than 150 countries globally, with 39,000+ employees in over 70 countries. In January 2014, Covidien acquires WEM Electronic Equipment, based in Ribeirão Preto. In June 2014, Covidien agreed to be acquired by Medtronic for $42.9 billion. Surgical solutions Covidien offers a range of products in this division – from advanced surgical technologies to general surgical products: Vascular therapies Covidien's Vascular Therapies division collaborates across three different disciplines: arterial, venous to neurovascular solutions: Respiratory & monitoring solutions Products from this division cover a range disciplines: from ventilation and airway management to patient monitoring