Holter monitor Health Dictionary

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Holter Monitor: From 1 Different Sources

A wearable device used in ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG) to record the heart’s electrical activity

continuously for 24 hours or longer.

The monitor records by means of electrodes attached to the chest and allows the detection of intermittent arrhythmias.

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association

Monitor

To maintain a constant watch on the condition of a patient. Also, any device used to carry out monitoring.... monitor

Electronic Monitoring Devices

Electronically driven equipment that will constantly monitor the physiological status of patients and the effects of medical intervention on that status. Such devices should relieve hospital sta? of time-consuming ‘human monitoring’ procedures and in some instances will enable patients to carry monitoring devices during their daily living activities. An example would be the regular assessment of blood-sugar concentration in subjects with DIABETES MELLITUS or the routine checking on the blood or tissue concentrations of administered drugs.... electronic monitoring devices

Incidence Monitoring And Reporting

The reporting and tracking of adverse incidents by care providers.... incidence monitoring and reporting

Monitoring

Continuous process of observing and checking.... monitoring

Fetal Heart Monitoring

The use of an instrument to record and/or listen to an unborn baby’s heartbeat during pregnancy and labour. Monitoring is carried out at intervals throughout pregnancy if tests indicate that the placenta is not functioning normally or if the baby’s growth is slow. During labour, monitoring can detect fetal distress, in which oxygen deprivation causes abnormality in the fetal heart-rate.

The simplest form of fetal heart monitoring involves the use of a special fetal stethoscope. Cardiotocography, a more sophisticated electronic version, makes a continuous paper recording of the heartbeat together with a recording of the uterine contractions. The heartbeat is picked up either externally by an ultrasound transducer strapped to the mother’s abdomen or, as an alternative during labour, internally by an electrode attached to the baby’s scalp that passes through the vagina and cervix.... fetal heart monitoring

Apnoea Monitor

an electronic alarm that is activated by a sensor that responds to a baby’s respiratory movements. It can be used at home to monitor babies thought to be at risk of *sudden infant death syndrome.... apnoea monitor

Spitz–holter Valve

a one-way valve used to drain cerebrospinal fluid in order to control *hydrocephalus. The device is inserted into the ventricles of the brain and passes via a subcutaneous tunnel to drain into either the right atrium or the peritoneum.... spitz–holter valve

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