The Evolution of Long-Term Pediatric Ventricular Assistance Devices: A Critical Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Marcel ◽  
Mathieu Specklin ◽  
Smaine Kouidri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Ventricular Assistance

Wilderness Camping as a Therapy for Emotionally Disturbed Children: A Critical Review

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 628-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sandra Byers
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Disturbed Child ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Minimal Support ◽  
Therapeutic Program ◽  
Good Setting ◽  
Therapeutic Camping

The wilderness camp has been described as a particularly good setting for treatment of the emotionally disturbed child. This article summarizes the current literature on therapeutic camping, including the nature of existing programs, rationales for the superiority of camping as a therapeutic program, and evaluation of existing programs. The results of program evaluation research reported in the literature provide only minimal support for any particular effectiveness ascribed to therapeutic camping in terms of either short term or long term therapeutic outcome. This is seen to be largely due to inadequate investigation of the process and/or the outcome of therapeutic camping.

The long-term effects of cocaine use on cognitive functioning: A systematic critical review

2018 ◽  
Vol 348 ◽  
pp. 241-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten M. Frazer ◽  
Qwynten Richards ◽  
Diana R. Keith
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Cocaine Use

scholarly journals Challenges in Design and Fabrication of Flexible/Stretchable Carbon- and Textile-Based Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring: A Critical Review

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Sang Heo ◽  
Md Faruk Hossain ◽  
Insoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Mechanical Performances ◽  
Carbon Based

To demonstrate the wearable flexible/stretchable health-monitoring sensor, it is necessary to develop advanced functional materials and fabrication technologies. Among the various developed materials and fabrication processes for wearable sensors, carbon-based materials and textile-based configurations are considered as promising approaches due to their outstanding characteristics such as high conductivity, lightweight, high mechanical properties, wearability, and biocompatibility. Despite these advantages, in order to realize practical wearable applications, electrical and mechanical performances such as sensitivity, stability, and long-term use are still not satisfied. Accordingly, in this review, we describe recent advances in process technologies to fabricate advanced carbon-based materials and textile-based sensors, followed by their applications such as human activity and electrophysiological sensors. Furthermore, we discuss the remaining challenges for both carbon- and textile-based wearable sensors and then suggest effective strategies to realize the wearable sensors in health monitoring.

scholarly journals Long-Term Ingestion of Paracetamol and Liver Disease1

1980 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 701-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Neuberger ◽  
M Davis ◽  
Roger Williams
Keyword(s):  
Liver Function ◽  
Immunosuppressive Therapy ◽  
Chronic Active Hepatitis ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Toxic Hepatitis ◽  
Liver Function Tests ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Challenge Dose ◽  
Serum Aminotransferases

Of 45 patients with chronic active hepatitis, 17 had taken paracetamol before the onset of symptoms. There were no significant differences, however, between the two groups in abnormalities of liver function tests, nor in ease of control after paracetamol withdrawal and institution of immunosuppressive therapy. The patient who had taken more than 5 g/week was studied in greater detail, but after a challenge dose of 1 g paracetamol there was no rise in serum aminotransferases and the pattern of excretion of paracetamol metabolites was normal. A critical review of the previously published reports failed to uncover any convincing evidence that paracetamol is an initiating factor in the development of chronic active hepatitis, although it may, at therapeutic levels, cause a toxic hepatitis in those individuals at risk.

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