Stridor Related to Vagus Nerve Stimulator: A Case Report

Tami, Abigail; Gerges, Daniel; Herrington, Heather

doi:10.1002/lary.29144

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“…Technological features should be incorporated into each stage of the patient journey. During history taking, clinicians would bene t from knowing the characteristic symptoms and auras of device failure, such as the respiratory symptoms described by patients experiencing VNS failures (93). We have uncovered clinical signs speci c to technology which would be useful in clinical examination (e.g.…”

Section: Digital Updates To Clinical Assessmentsmentioning

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21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross- disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

Straw

Rees

Nachev

2023

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Background Biotechnological syndromes refer to the illnesses that arise at the intersection of human physiology and digital technology. Now that we experience health and illness through so much technology (e.g. wearables, telemedicine, implanted devices), the medium is redefining our expression of symptoms, the observable signs of pathology and the range of diseases that may occur. Here, we systematically review all case reports describing illnesses related to digital technology in the past ten years, in order to identify novel biotechnological syndromes, map out new causal pathways of disease, and identify gaps in care that have disadvantaged a community of patients suffering from these digital complaints. Methods PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched for case reports and case series that described patient cases involving biotechnological syndromes from 01/01/2012 to 01/02/2022. For inclusion the technology had to play a causative role in the disease process and had to be digital (as opposed to simple electronic). Results Our search returned 7742 articles, 1373 duplicates were removed, 671 met the criteria for full review and 372 were included in the results. Results were categorised by specialty, demonstrating that syndromes were most common in Cardiology (n = 162), Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (n = 36), and Emergency and Trauma (n = 26). Discussion The 372 unique patient cases demonstrated a range of severity from mild (e.g., injuries related to Pokemon Go) to moderate (e.g. pacemaker-generated rib fractures) and severe (e.g. ventilator software bugs causing cardiac arrest). Syndromes resulted from both consumer technology (e.g. gaming addictions) and medical technologies (e.g. errors in spinal stimulators). Cases occurred at both the individual level (e.g. faulty insulin pumps) and at the population level (e.g. harm from healthcare cyberattacks). Limitations This was a retrospective systematic review of heterogeneous reports which may only reflect a small proportion of true prevalence rates in the population.

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Section: Digital Updates To Clinical Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross- disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

Straw

Rees

Nachev

2023

Preprint

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“…Technological features should be incorporated into each stage of the patient journey. During history taking, clinicians would benefit from knowing the characteristic symptoms and auras of device failure, such as the respiratory symptoms described by patients experiencing VNS failures [96]. We have uncovered clinical signs specific to technology, which would be useful in clinical examination (e.g.…”

Section: Digital Updates To Clinical Assessmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross-disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

Straw,

Rees,

Nachev

2023

BMC Digit Health

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Background Biotechnological syndromes refer to the illnesses that arise at the intersection of human physiology and digital technology. Now that we experience health and illness through so much technology (e.g. wearables, telemedicine, implanted devices), the medium is redefining our expression of symptoms, the observable signs of pathology and the range of diseases that may occur. Here, we systematically review all case reports describing illnesses related to digital technology in the past ten years, in order to identify novel biotechnological syndromes, map out new causal pathways of disease, and identify gaps in care that have disadvantaged a community of patients suffering from these digital complaints. Methods PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched for case reports and case series that described patient cases involving biotechnological syndromes from 01/01/2012 to 01/02/2022. For inclusion the technology had to play a causative role in the disease process and had to be digital (as opposed to simple electronic). Results Our search returned 7742 articles, 1373 duplicates were removed, 671 met the criteria for full review and 372 were included in the results. Results were categorised by specialty, demonstrating that syndromes were most common in Cardiology (n = 162), Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (n = 36), and Emergency and Trauma (n = 26). Discussion The 372 unique patient cases demonstrated a range of severity from mild (e.g., injuries related to Pokemon Go) to moderate (e.g. pacemaker-generated rib fractures) and severe (e.g. ventilator software bugs causing cardiac arrest). Syndromes resulted from both consumer technology (e.g. gaming addictions) and medical technologies (e.g. errors in spinal stimulators). Cases occurred at both the individual level (e.g. faulty insulin pumps) and at the population level (e.g. harm from healthcare cyberattacks). Limitations This was a retrospective systematic review of heterogeneous reports, written in English, which may only reflect a small proportion of true prevalence rates in the population.

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The Relationship Between Epilepsy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Treatment Outcome

Sethi

2022

Sleep Medicine Clinics

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Stridor Related to Vagus Nerve Stimulator: A Case Report

Cited by 5 publications

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21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross- disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross- disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

21st century medicine and emerging biotechnological syndromes: a cross-disciplinary systematic review of novel patient presentations in the age of technology

The Relationship Between Epilepsy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Treatment Outcome

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