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New EnsoSleep FDA Clearance Includes Total Sleep Time for HSATs, Pediatric Scoring & Web-Based Platform

EnsoData announces its FDA 510(k) clearance of new capabilities and enhancements to its product EnsoSleep, a leading AI-assisted sleep scoring solution. With a substantial clinical study size, EnsoSleep’s validation metrics support diagnostic accuracy, helping sleep labs and healthcare systems provide care more efficiently and improve patient outcomes across the globe. […]

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Increased Meat Consumption Associated With Symptoms of Childhood Asthma

Substances present in cooked meats are associated with increased wheezing in children, Mount Sinai researchers report. Their study, published in Thorax, highlights pro-inflammatory compounds called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) as an example of early dietary risk factors that may have broad clinical and public health implications for preventing inflammatory airway disease. […]

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Steep Drop in Pediatric Asthma ER Visits During Spring Lockdown

A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society discusses a steep drop off from prior years in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits at Boston Children’s Hospital during the spring 2020 COVID-19 surge and lockdown. In “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization for Asthma,” Tregony Simoneau, MD, assistant professor […]

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Circadiance Launches Synergy Cloud to Improve Monitoring of At-Risk Infants

Synergy® Cloud software is the latest innovation from Circadiance to improve remote patient monitoring of premature newborn infants in the hospital and home. Used in conjunction with SmartMonitor® infant cardiorespiratory monitors, Synergy Cloud software allows clinicians to remotely monitor infants who are at risk for apneas, bradycardias, or desaturations—minimizing the effort required […]

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Masimo ORi Can Predict Need for Postoperative O2 Therapy in Peds with OSA

Masimo announced the findings of an abstract recently presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2020, the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). In this independent, retrospective study, researchers investigated whether Masimo ORi™ (Oxygen Reserve Index) could predict whether children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) undergoing tonsillectomy required postoperative oxygen therapy. […]

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FDA Grants SPIRO-2101 CF Treatment Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease Designations 

Spirovant Sciences, a gene therapy company developing treatments and cures for genetic lung diseases including cystic fibrosis, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease Designations to its lead product candidate, SPIRO-2101, for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. SPIRO-2101, an inhaled […]