Effect of Human Versus Computerized Voice Recognition Transcription on Billing Level in an Orthopaedic Surgery Practice

SummaryA high incidence of post-discharge venous thromboembolism in orthopaedic surgery patients has been recently reported drawing further attention to the unresolved issue of the optimal duration of the pharmacological prophylaxis. We performed an overview analysis in order to evaluate the incidence of late occurring clinically overt venous thromboembolism in major orthopaedic surgery patients discharged from the hospital with a negative venography and without further pharmacological prophylaxis. We selected the studies published from January 1974 to December 1995 on the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism after major orthopaedic surgery fulfilling the following criteria: 1) adoption of pharmacological prophylaxis, 2) performing of a bilateral venography before discharge, 3) interruption of pharmacological prophylaxis at discharge in patients with negative venography, and 4) post-discharge follow-up of the patients for at least four weeks. Out of 31 identified studies, 13 fulfilled the overview criteria. The total number of evaluated patients was 4120. An adequate venography was obtained in 3469 patients (84.1%). In the 2361 patients with negative venography (68.1%), 30 episodes of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after hospital discharge were reported with a resulting cumulative incidence of 1.27% (95% C.I. 0.82-1.72) and a weighted mean incidence of 1.52% (95% C.I. 1.05-1.95). Six cases of pulmonary embolism were reported. Our overview showed a low incidence of clinically overt venous thromboembolism at follow-up in major orthopaedic surgery patients discharged with negative venography. Extending pharmacological prophylaxis in these patients does not appear to be justified. Venous thrombi leading to hospital re-admission are likely to be present but asymptomatic at the time of discharge. Future research should be directed toward improving the accuracy of non invasive diagnostic methods in order to replace venography in the screening of asymptomatic post-operative deep vein thrombosis.

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Lampu Sein Helm Sepeda Berbasis Voice Recognition

Manutech : Jurnal Teknologi Manufaktur ◽

10.33504/manutech.v11i01.96 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (01) ◽

pp. 20-25

Author(s):

Indra Saputra ◽

Parulian Silalahi ◽

Bayu Cahyawan ◽

Imam Akbar

Keyword(s):

Voice Recognition ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Bicycle Helmet ◽

Turn Signal ◽

Voice Command ◽

The Voice ◽

Indicator Signal

Bicycles are not equipped with the turn signal. For driving safety, a bicycle helmet with a turn signal is designed with voice rrecognition. It is using the Arduino Nano as a controller to control the ON and OFF of turn signal lights with voice commands. This device uses a Voice Recognition sensor and microphone that placed on a bicycle helmet. When the voice command is mentioned in the microphone, the Voice Recognition sensor will detect the command specified, the sensor will automatically read and send a signal to Arduino, then the turn signal will light up as instructed, the Arduino on the helmet will send an indicator signal via the Bluetooth Module. The device is able to detect sound with a percentage of 80%. The tool can work with a distance of <2 meters with noise <71 db.

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Diabetes and other frequent clinical problems in patients admitted in orthopaedic surgery

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.56.p406 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Molina Vega ◽

Pilar Losada Mora ◽

Alfonso Garrido Castro ◽

Juan L Carrillo Linares

Keyword(s):

Orthopaedic Surgery ◽

Clinical Problems

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