Appropriate medical technology for perinatal care in low-resource countries

The knowledge and medical technology have developed a number of principles which constitute a basic standard of evaluation and improvement. A newborn is assessed according to the Virginia Apgar scaler. A care of the newborn child is very important too. The care of the infant, especially a newborn, is based on several principles. Physiotherapists use standardized tests and scales of development for the assessment of psychomotor functioning . Proper analysis of the quality patterns of posture and movement is a direct basis for further determination of the targets in the treatment of a child.

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Compact Ultrasound for Improving Maternal and Perinatal Care in Low-Resource Settings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine ◽

10.7863/jum.2009.28.8.1067 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (8) ◽

pp. 1067-1076 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Robert D. Harris ◽

William M. Marks

Keyword(s):

Perinatal Care ◽

Low Resource Settings ◽

Low Resource

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Developing Medical Technologies for Low-Resource Settings: Lessons From a Wireless Wearable Vital Signs Monitor–neoGuard

Frontiers in Digital Health ◽

10.3389/fdgth.2021.730951 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Assumpta Nantume ◽

Sona Shah ◽

Teresa Cauvel ◽

Matthew Tomback ◽

Ryan Kilpatrick ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oxygen Saturation ◽

Respiratory Rate ◽

Medical Technology ◽

Health Workers ◽

Vital Signs ◽

Clinical Validation ◽

Saturation Pulse ◽

Low Resource Settings ◽

Low Resource ◽

Medical Technologies

The neoGuard™ technology is a wireless wearable vital signs monitor attached to a patient's forehead to continuously measure oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiratory rate and temperature. Developed with feedback from more than 400 health workers, primarily in East Africa, the product has been designed to meet the unique constraints of low-resource settings. This perspective piece by the innovators of neoGuard™ and some of their key partners examines the complicated journey of taking a medical technology from concept through clinical validation and finally to market. By shedding light on some of the most critical steps and common challenges encountered along the pathway to commercialization, the authors hope that their experiences will provide some valuable insights to other aspiring innovators in this space.

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Disability and Perinatal Care

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.95.2.272 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 95 (2) ◽

pp. 272-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ann Johnson

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Infant Mortality ◽

Socioeconomic Factors ◽

Death Rate ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Medical Technology ◽

Perinatal Care ◽

Vital Statistics ◽

Changing Patterns ◽

Almost All

The declining infant mortality is carefully documented year by year in the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics in this journal.1 Although socioeconomic factors play an important role in this decline, the falling death rate among neonates weighing <1500 g at birth is widely attributed to changing patterns of neonatal intensive care. For neonates weighing 1000 g at birth, this assumption is probably correct. Thirty years ago, almost all these neonates died; now, over half survive to leave the neonatal unit and this proportion is as high as 70% in large tertiary centers.2 In terms of "rescue from death," neonatal intensive care can be described as a remarkably successful medical technology.

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