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Wearable technology holds great promise in revolutionising healthcare delivery. The benefits can also be seen in medical education and delivering healthcare in remote places. We report the use of Google Glass technology as a teaching tool in broadcasting a procedure onto a mobile phone as a viewer, replacing expensive and often cumbersome existing equipment.
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Computadores de Mão , Aplicativos Móveis , Ensino/métodos , Telefone Celular , Eletrocardiografia Ambulatorial/instrumentação , Óculos , Feminino , Humanos , Gravação em Vídeo/instrumentação , Gravação em Vídeo/métodos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Purple toe syndrome is a recognised adverse effect of warfarin therapy. The literature has described resolution of the ischaemic symptoms on withdrawal of the warfarin and switching to a low molecular weight heparin alternative. We present a case of an 82-year-old man with bilateral blanching vivacious toes and a livedo-reticularis type rash developing 2 weeks after being loaded with warfarin for first detected atrial fibrillation. Vascular surgical review and haematology thrombotic screen did not yield any other pathology and a diagnosis of purple toe syndrome due to warfarin was carried out. The warfarin was stopped and oral anticoagulation started with an oral factor Xa inhibitor, apixaban with resolution of his symptoms. This is the first case report of one of the novel oral anticoagulants being used to treat purple toe syndrome.
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Anticoagulantes/efeitos adversos , Fibrilação Atrial/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores do Fator Xa/uso terapêutico , Isquemia/induzido quimicamente , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Piridonas/uso terapêutico , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/prevenção & controle , Dedos do Pé/irrigação sanguínea , Varfarina/efeitos adversos , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Fibrilação Atrial/complicações , Humanos , Masculino , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/etiologiaRESUMO
A 60-year-old man with a cardiac defibrillator implanted due to previous ventricular fibrillation arrest and ischaemic cardiomyopathy received a shock while cleaning his fish pond. At the time, his immersed arm was close to a submersed water pump, but the patient was asymptomatic. As a result of the shock he lost consciousness, but collapsed backwards, away from the pond. Interrogation of the device revealed a high-frequency artefact that was sensed by the device and triggered a shock. Device parameters were otherwise normal. Subsequently, the submersed water pump was found to be the source of an external alternating current leak and was identified as the likely cause of the inappropriate shock due to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Awareness of potential sources of EMI along with evaluation of data with a detailed clinical history is warranted in all cases.
