Wednesday, December 30, 2009

謹賀新年

新年明けましておめでとうございます。
本年も宜しくお願い申し上げます。
      メディカルテクニカ一同

Happy New Year and Holiday
from Medical Teknika


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

不整脈もバイタルサインも発生し、人体処理機能も備わったモデル


Friday, December 25, 2009

人工心肺認定士


新規製品についてのご評価賜れる先生を探しています。

テーマ:抵抗性高血圧および心不全治療法の新規治療技術
対象製品(技術)
1.抵抗性高血圧患者治療用植え込み型 圧反射(Baroreflex)刺激装置
利尿剤を含む3種以上の降圧剤での併合療法に適切な応答を示さない
抵抗性高血圧患者の代替治療オプション
2.抵抗性高血圧の経カテーテル腎交感神経支配除去( Denervation)による治療
適応:(1)と同様
3.心不全治療用植え込み型 圧反射(Baroreflex)刺激装置
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

CTなどの放射線が人体に与える危害を警告

The authors estimated the frequency of different types of CT scans performed in the United States in 2007 using Medicare claims data and the IMV Medical Information Division survey of CT scan use in 2,451 US facilities in 2007. The age and sex distribution for each CT scan type was estimated using a large national commercial insurance database. These estimates were projected to the age-sex distribution of the US population. Patients dying within 5 years of CT scan were excluded from the analysis.
Results: The authors estimated that CT scans performed in 2007 may result in 29,000 (95% UL 15000-45000) excessive malignancies in the United States. The largest risk was from scans of the abdomen and pelvis (n = 14,000) (95% UL, 6,900-25,000), followed by chest (n = 4,100) (95% UL, 1,900-8,100), and head (n = 4,000) (95% UL, 1,100-8,700), and chest CT angiography (n = 2,700) (95% UL, 1,300-5,000). Lung cancer was the most common projected radiation-related cancer (n = 6,200) (95% UL, 2,300-13,000) followed by colon cancer (n = 3,500) and leukemia (n = 2,800). Approximately a third of the projected cancers were due to scans performed between the ages of 35 to 54 years compared with 15% due to scans performed in those younger than 18 years. The projected malignancies related to CT use were expected to be more common in females (66%).
Conclusions: Current CT scan use is expected to contribute to a large number of future malignancies.
Perspective: This study adds to the growing awareness of radiation risks associated with medical procedures (Fazel R, et al., N Engl J Med 2009;361:849-57). Greater awareness of this has resulted in lower use of radiation-based imaging in the pediatric population, but more needs to be done to lower radiation use in young and middle-aged adults. Dedicated quality improvement initiatives have been successful at reducing radiation dose associated with CT angiography (Raff GL, et al., JAMA 2009;301:2340-8), and similar efforts are needed to minimize the risk associated with all types of CT scans. Hitinder S. Gurm, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

新技術の脳刺激マッピング


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