The measurement of blood pressure (BP) is critical to the treatment and management of
many medical conditions. High blood pressure is associated with many chronic disease …

Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist (SSC)
was introduced to improve the safety of surgical procedures. This systematic review …

Summary The World Bank will publish the nine volumes of Disease Control Priorities, 3rd
edition, in 2015–16. Volume 1—Essential Surgery—identifies 44 surgical procedures as …

Background The surgical safety checklist is widely used to improve the quality of
perioperative care. However, clinicians continue to debate the clinical effectiveness of this …

Objective The objective of this review is to obtain a better understanding of the user-related
barriers against, and facilitators for, the implementation of surgical safety checklists. Methods …

'Global surgery'is the term adopted to describe a rapidly develo** multidisciplinary field
aiming to provide improved and equitable surgical care across international health systems …

Aim The aim of this review is to present a realist synthesis of the evidence of implementation
interventions to improve adherence to the use of safety checklists in surgery. Background …

Patient safety is an activity to mitigate preventable patient harm that may occur during the
delivery of medical care. The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)/European Union of …

This book serves as a current resource for Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal analysis using
MATLAB®. This technology is critical in the evaluation of medical and diagnostic data …