Revolutionizing tropical medicine : point-of-care tests, new imaging technologies and digital health /: point-of-care tests, new imaging technologies and digital health. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kerry Atkinson, David Mabey.
• Editors: Atkinson, Kerry; Mabey, David
• Contents: Section 1. The health of low- to middle-income countries today 1. The burden of communicable diseases in low- to middle-income countries today; Kerry Atkinson and David Mabey 2. The burden of non-communicable diseases in low- to middle-income countries today; Heiner Grosskurth Section 2. How to improve health care in low- to middle-income countries by primary point-of-care rapid diagnostic testing 3. The optimal features of a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test; David Mabey and Rosanna Peeling 4. Revolutionizing HIV healthcare delivery through rapid and point-of-care testing; Catherine J. Wedderburn, Debrah I. Boeras and Rosanna W. Peeling 5. Rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests for tuberculosis; Richard Lessells 6. Rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis; David Mabey, Michael Marks and Rosanna Peeling 7. Point-of-care and near-point-of-care diagnostic tests for malaria: light microscopy, rapid antigen-detecting tests and nucleic acid amplification assays; Heidi Hopkins and Jane Cunningham 8. Rapid diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis; Veerle Legon, Epco Hasker and Philippe Büscher 9. Rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis; Marleen Boelaert, Suman Rijal and François Chappuis 10.A rapid diagnostic test for dengue; Claire Mullender and James Whitehorn 11. Rapid diagnostic tests for influenza; A.C. Hurt and I.G. Barr 12. A rapid diagnostic test for Ebola virus disease; Catherine Houlihan and Colin Brown 13. Rapid diagnostic tests for yaws; Michael Marks 14. Rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of sickling hemoglobin; Amina Nardo-Marino and Thomas N. Williams 15. Progress toward the development of rapid diagnostic tests for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis; Roger B. Peck, Dunia Faulx and Tala de los Santos Section 3. Other tests that can be performed rapidly at the primary-point-of care 16. Point-of-care testing for blood counts, HbA1c, renal function, electrolytes, acid-base balance and hepatitis; Mark Shephard, Lara Motta, Brooke Spaeth, Heather Halls and Lauren Duckworth 17. Microscopy skills: cell counts, Gram stains and blood films; Michael Harrison 18. India ink stain and cryptococcal antigen test for cryptococcal infection; Hannah K. Mitchell, Joseph N. Jarvis and Mark W. Tenforde 19. Mid upper arm circumference tapes for assessment of severe acute malnutrition; Jane Crawley, Martha Mwangome, James Berkley and André Briend 20. Spirometry for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to inhalation of smoke from indoor fires used for cooking and heating; Janet G. Shaw1, Annalicia Vaughan1, Emma Smith, Cai Fong, Svetlana Stevanovic and Ian A.Yang 21. Point-of-care pulse oximetry for children in low-resource Settings; Carina King, Hamish Graham and Eric D. McCollum 22. The use of near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor tissue oxygenation, metabolism and injury in low resource settings; Gemma Bale and Ilias Tachtsidis Section 4. Cheap imaging technologies 23. The use of point-of-care ultrasound in the resource-limited setting; Tom Heller, Michaëla AM Huson, Sabine Bélard, Dan Kaminstein and Elizabeth Joekes 24. The use of obstetric ultrasound in low resource settings; Helen Allott 25. Examining the optic fundus and assessing visual acuity and visual fields using mobile technology; Nigel M Bolster and Andrew Bastawrous Section 5. Telemedicine 26. Telemedicine for clinical management of adults in remote and rural areas; Farhad Fatehi, Monica Taylor, Liam J. Caffery and Anthony C. Smith 27. Telemedicine for the delivery of specialist pediatric services; Anthony C Smith, Monica Taylor, Farhad Fetehi and Liam J Caffery 28. Telemedicine in the diagnosis and management of skin diseases; Giselle Prado, Odinaka Anyanwu and Carrie Kovarik 29. Digital technology, including telemedicine, in the management of mental illness; John A Naslund, Sophia M. Bartels and Lisa A.Marsch 30. The use of mobile chest x-rays for tuberculosis telemedicine; Meghan L. Jardon, Kelsey L. Pomykala, Ishita Desai, Kara-Lee Pool Section 6. The future 31. An introduction to digital health; Kerry Atkinson 32. Digital health in low and middle income countries; Martin Seneviratne 33. Nucleic acid detection of tuberculosis via innovative point-of- care nanotechnologies targeted for low resource settings; Benjamin Y.C.Eugene J.H. Wee, Nicholas P. West and Matt Trau1 34. The use of functional nanoparticles for water purification; Jing Zhang, Chuanping Feng, and Chengzhong Yu 35. The use of drones in the delivery of rural healthcare; Debrah I. Boeras, Blanche C. Collins and Rosanna W. Peeling 36. Implementation of point-of-care tests: lessons learnt; Rosanna W. Peeling and Debrah I. Boeras 37. Useful electronic health care resources available for those working in remote settings; Tyler Evans 38. The future – how do we get from here to there?; Kerry Atkinson and David Mabey
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxix, 728 pages)
• Subjects: 616.9/883; Tropical medicine -- Technological innovations; Point-of-care testing -- Developing countries; Medical care -- Developing countries; Tropical Medicine; Point-of-Care Testing; Telemedicine; Developing Countries; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119282655; 1119282659; 9781119282686; 1119282683; 9781119282679; 1119282675
• Related ISBNs: 9781119282648; 1119282640
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 12, 2019).
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