{"title":"Biotelemetry, based on optical transmission.","authors":"H P Kimmich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biotelemetry has developed as a reliable alternative to continuous monitoring of physiological variables under realistic circumstances of data assessment. For incorporation in clinical routine the lack of an adequate number of biotelemetry frequencies forms a severe disadvantage. This paper shows a way to circumvent the problem, namely by using infrared light as the carrier for the transmission system. Use of infrared light is limited to indoor applications, and a number of additional restrictions have to be accepted, but on the other hand infrared telemetry opens new possibilities not known to radiotelemetry, especially suited for clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"9 3","pages":"129-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18176144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiotelemetric assessment of grid-trapping techniques in a study of the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus L.).","authors":"D F Hackett, B Trevor-Deutsch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Grid trapping has been used to determine small mammal home ranges for almost 50 years. In the absence of a more precise standard against which to calibrate, at least nine trap data interpretation methods have been developed, each yielding different values. Home ranges generated from these methods were compared to those calculated using much more accurate radio telemetry to determine the former's relative precisions. The standard circle and Koeppl's 70% ellipse generated home ranges closest to those determined with radiotelemetry. Assumptions concerning the accuracy of peripheral successful traps in defining boundaries of home ranges were tested, as were those concerning spatial utilization near unsuccessful traps within the home range.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"9 4","pages":"213-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18197820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is ECG monitoring in the operating room cost effective?","authors":"D. Hur, J. Gravenstein","doi":"10.1097/00132586-198106000-00029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00132586-198106000-00029","url":null,"abstract":"ECG monitoring during anesthesia detects many arrhythmias, even in healthy patients. The clinical significance of these arrhythmias is uncertain. However, a conservative analysis of the cost of ECG monitoring in the USA reveals that the prevention of cardiac arrests occurring in 1 of 3,500 cases is quite cost effective. Routine ECG monitoring for all anesthetics in the USA is recommended.","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"37 1","pages":"200-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00132586-198106000-00029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61626169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical relevance of ambulatory blood pressure measurements.","authors":"D Perloff, M Sokolow, R Cowan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of vascular complications in patients with hypertension is related to the level of blood pressure. A more representative measure of blood pressure is obtained by repeatedly measuring pressure after a period of rest or activity, and on several occasions. Really satisfactory values are, however, only obtained by multiple measurements throughout the day during a patient's normal activities. This is achieved with the Remler equipment (Model M-100-1 and M 2000). The working of the apparatus is described and its accuracy investigated. The findings of 675 untreated patients with essential hypertension are reviewed, and a few individual cases described which have been followed up to 10 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 1-2","pages":"67-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiotelemetry of direct blood pressure.","authors":"R Zerzawy, K Bachmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With radiotelemetry either systemic arterial pressure or pulmonary artery pressure or both simultaneously can be measured, which allows testing of all groups of patients with cardiovascular diseases. The telemetry system also allows simultaneous assessment of ECG, which in patients with arrhythmias reveals the hemodynamic effects of ectopic beats. For radiotelemetry of blood pressure the microcatheter (Leadercath system) is introduced by a modified Seldinger technique into the brachial or femoral artery. The pressure transducer (Statham type P 23 and SP 37) is mounted extracorporeally as close as possible to the right atrium.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 1-2","pages":"7-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Survey of Implantable telemetry.","authors":"T B Fryer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 3","pages":"125-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An implantable micropower command receiver for telemetry battery power switching.","authors":"J D Sweeney, A Leung, W H Ko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Command receivers that control the functioning of additional implanted circuitry can be useful in many medical telemetry applications. The authors have designed and constructed a thick-film hybrid command receiver system that directly interfaces with the second-generation ICP telemetry system. This command receiver controls telemetry on/off state through enabling/disabling the telemetry pulse generator stage. Lithium battery powering of the implant is made practical through use of this command receiver. An automatic power shutdown feature is incorporated to guard against accidental battery drain. The unit uses two commercial CMOS integrated circuits, a transistor, a resistor and an RF coil.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 3","pages":"173-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automatic determination of cardiac output using an impedance plethysmography.","authors":"Y Miyamoto, T Tamura, T Mikami","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A computer-based system which calculates stroke volume, heart rate and cardiac output automatically from the transthoracic impedance variation has been developed. A beat-by-beat determination was performed on several healthy subjects and patients with atrial fibrillation during spontaneous breathings at rest. The respiratory artifact appearing on the impedance cardiogram was canceled by (1) correcting the base line of dZ/dt for each cardiac cycle on the basis of assumption that the dZ/dt values at ECG-R waves would be invariable regardless of the respiratory phase when the respiratory movement ceases, and (2) averaging the signals for a number of cardiac cycles. Comparisons between the computed stroke volumes and those obtained from a manual calculation showed good agreement.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 4","pages":"189-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18348298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blood pressure.","authors":"H P Kimmich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 1-2","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of radiotelemetry of blood pressure and standard exercise tests.","authors":"R Zerzawy, K Bachmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The response of blood pressure, heart rate and systolic rate-pressure-product was investigated in healthy subjects during normal everyday and sports activities. In patients with coronary heart diseases the validity of different types of exercise tests was investigated during cross-country walking. The results are described in detail, leading to a number of clinically useful conclusions, e.g., that the body position and type of muscle work play an important role in the hemodynamic response, both in healthy persons and coronary patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":75603,"journal":{"name":"Biotelemetry and patient monitoring","volume":"8 1-2","pages":"90-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18309205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}