scholarly journals A Low-Cost Point-of-Care Testing System for Psychomotor Symptoms of Depression Affecting Standing Balance: A Preliminary Study in India

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Dutta ◽  
Robins Kumar ◽  
Suruchi Malhotra ◽  
Sanjay Chugh ◽  
Alakananda Banerjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
World Health ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Average Slope ◽  
Psychomotor Symptoms

The World Health Organization estimated that major depression is the fourth most significant cause of disability worldwide for people aged 65 and older, where depressed older adults reported decreased independence, poor health, poor quality of life, functional decline, disability, and increased chronic medical problems. Therefore, the objectives of this study were (1) to develop a low-cost point-of-care testing system for psychomotor symptoms of depression and (2) to evaluate the system in community dwelling elderly in India. The preliminary results from the cross-sectional study showed a significant negative linear correlation between balance and depression. Here, monitoring quantitative electroencephalography along with the center of pressure for cued response time during functional reach tasks may provide insights into the psychomotor symptoms of depression where average slope of the Theta-Alpha power ratio versus average slope of baseline-normalized response time may be a candidate biomarker, which remains to be evaluated in our future clinical studies. Once validated, the biomarker can be used for monitoring the outcome of a comprehensive therapy program in conjunction with pharmacological interventions. Furthermore, the frequency of falls can be monitored with a mobile phone-based application where the propensity of falls during the periods of psychomotor symptoms of depression can be investigated further.

Integrated point of care testing system based on low cost polymer biochips

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albrecht Brandenburg ◽  
Franziska Curdt ◽  
Joerg Nestler ◽  
Thomas Otto ◽  
Kai Wunderlich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Point Of Care Testing

A portable point-of-care testing system to diagnose lung cancer through the detection of exosomal miRNA in urine and saliva

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (63) ◽  
pp. 8968-8971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Fei Lu ◽  
Jianbo Wang ◽  
Kaiye Wang ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
Lung Cancers ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Diagnose Lung Cancer ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Exosomal Mirna

A low-cost, easy-to-operate, highly sensitive and effective lung cancer diagnostic kit (LCDK) was developed, and can realize non-invasive detection of early-, middle- and late-stage lung cancers using clinical salivary and urine samples.

scholarly journals Point-of-Care Testing-the Key in the Battle against SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1464
Author(s):  
Florina Silvia Iliescu ◽  
Ana Maria Ionescu ◽  
Larisa Gogianu ◽  
Monica Simion ◽  
Violeta Dediu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Rapid Screening ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
Qrt Pcr ◽  
User Friendly

The deleterious effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic urged the development of diagnostic tools to manage the spread of disease. Currently, the “gold standard” involves the use of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 detection. Even though it is sensitive, specific and applicable for large batches of samples, qRT-PCR is labour-intensive, time-consuming, requires trained personnel and is not available in remote settings. This review summarizes and compares the available strategies for COVID-19: serological testing, Point-of-Care Testing, nanotechnology-based approaches and biosensors. Last but not least, we address the advantages and limitations of these methods as well as perspectives in COVID-19 diagnostics. The effort is constantly focused on understanding the quickly changing landscape of available diagnostic testing of COVID-19 at the clinical levels and introducing reliable and rapid screening point of care testing. The last approach is key to aid the clinical decision-making process for infection control, enhancing an appropriate treatment strategy and prompt isolation of asymptomatic/mild cases. As a viable alternative, Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) is typically low-cost and user-friendly, hence harbouring tremendous potential for rapid COVID-19 diagnosis.

Clinical correlation between a point-of-care testing system and laboratory automation for lipid profile

2015 ◽  
Vol 446 ◽  
pp. 263-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo dos Santos Ferreira ◽  
Carolina Nunes França ◽  
Cassyano Januário Correr ◽  
Márcia L. Zucker ◽  
Adagmar Andriolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Profile ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Clinical Correlation ◽  
Point Of Care Testing

Point-of-Care Systems for Rapid DNA Quantification in Oncology

2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bianchessi ◽  
Sarah Burgarella ◽  
Marco Cereda
Keyword(s):  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Point Of Care Testing ◽  
Lab On Chip ◽  
Diagnostic Assays ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Point Of Care Systems ◽  
The Common ◽  
On Chip

The development of new powerful applications and the improvement in fabrication techniques are promising an explosive growth in lab-on-chip use in the upcoming future. As the demand reaches significant levels, the semiconductor industry may enter in the field, bringing its capability to produce complex devices in large volumes, high quality and low cost. The lab-on-chip concept, when applied to medicine, leads to the point-of-care concept, where simple, compact and cheap instruments allow diagnostic assays to be performed quickly by untrained personnel directly at the patient's side. In this paper, some practical and economical considerations are made to support the advantages of point-of-care testing. A series of promising technologies developed by STMicroelectronics on lab-on-chips is also presented, mature enough to enter in the common medical practice. The possible use of these techniques for cancer research, diagnosis and treatment are illustrated together with the benefits offered by their implementation in point-of-care testing.

scholarly journals Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification as Point-of-Care Diagnosis for Neglected Parasitic Infections

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 7981
Author(s):  
Catalina Avendaño ◽  
Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo
Keyword(s):  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Isothermal Amplification ◽  
World Health ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
River Blindness ◽  
Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed twenty diseases into a group known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), twelve of them being parasitic diseases: Chagas’ disease, cysticercosis/taeniasis, echinococcosis, food-borne trematodiasis, human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis (ascariasis, hookworm, trichuriasis), guinea-worm and scabies. Such diseases affect millions of people in developing countries where one of the main problems concerning the control of these diseases is diagnosis-based due to the most affected areas usually being far from laboratories having suitable infrastructure and/or being equipped with sophisticated equipment. Advances have been made during the last two decades regarding standardising and introducing techniques enabling diagnoses to be made in remote places, i.e., the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique. This technique’s advantages include being able to perform it using simple equipment, diagnosis made directly in the field, low cost of each test and the technique’s high specificity. Using this technique could thus contribute toward neglected parasite infection (NPI) control and eradication programmes. This review describes the advances made to date regarding LAMP tests, as it has been found that even though several studies have been conducted concerning most NPI, information is scarce for others.

scholarly journals System Architecture for IIoT-Based POC Molecular Diagnostic Device

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Byeong-Heon Kil ◽  
Ji-Seong Park ◽  
Chan-Young Park ◽  
Yu-Seop Kim ◽  
Jong-Dae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Dna Amplification ◽  
System Structure ◽  
World Health ◽  
Molecular Diagnostic ◽  
Target System ◽  
Open Platform

In this paper, we investigate an efficient structure for a point-of-care (POC) molecular diagnostic system based on the industrial Internet of things (IIoT). The target system can perform automated molecular diagnosis including DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and fluorescence detection. Samples and reagents are placed in a multi-room cartridge and loaded into the system. A rotating motor and a syringe motor control the cartridge to extract DNA from the sample. The extracted DNA is transferred to a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chamber for DNA amplification and detection. The proposed system provides multiplexing of up to four colors. For POC molecular diagnostics, the World Health Organization demands features such as low volume, low cost, fast results, and a user-friendly interface. In this paper, we propose a system structure that can satisfy these requirements by using a PCR chip and open platform. A distributed structure is adopted for the convenience of maintenance, and a web-based GUI is adopted for the user’s convenience. We also investigated communication problems that may occur between system components. Using the proposed structure, the user can conveniently control from standard computing devices including a smartphone.

Low-Cost Microdevices for Point-of-Care Testing

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis D. Chin ◽  
Sau Yin Chin ◽  
Tassaneewan Laksanasopin ◽  
Samuel K. Sia
Keyword(s):  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Point Of Care Testing
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