A nerve conduction velocity test determines how quickly electrical impulses travel through the body's nerves. Learn about the nerve conduction velocity, or NCV, test's application, typical outcomes, and potential adverse effects in this article. NCV as a diagnostic tool An NCV test is used to check for nerve injury. An electrical current is used to directly stimulate a nerve during the test to observe how it responds. A range of muscular and neuromuscular diseases can be diagnosed with NCV tests. In some cases, electromyograms, often known as EMGs, are performed along with NCV tests. EMGs are also used by doctors...

Myocarditis is a medical condition that causes the inflammation of the myocardium which is the muscle layer of your heart’s wall. This disease reduces the heart’s ability to pump out blood as it directly affects the heart muscle and electrical systems in our body. This eventually leads to several potential complications like arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, an abnormal or rapid heartbeat. What Causes Myocarditis? Viral infections can be a known cause for myocarditis as inflammation occurs as a body’s response to fighting infections. However, it can also be caused by more systemic inflammatory disorders like autoimmune diseases. The heart muscle weakens to...

Healthcare professionals worldwide rely on highly accurate patient monitors to improve their quality of care. These monitors measure five vital signs of patients that include ECG, SpO2, non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP), temperature, and respiration. Patient monitors displaying these vital signs are an essential part of every clinic, hospital or healthcare organization and help doctors, nurses and operation theatre staff monitor the patient’s progress and well-being. Measuring specialized parameters In addition to the parameters listed above, healthcare professionals often require monitoring of specialized parameters that include: EtCO2 - End-tidal CO2 - carbon dioxide content in expired air IBP - Invasive blood...

We live in the digital age. Today, most of us are highly aware of what is going on around us and the world—all thanks to technology. Additionally, most of us are also highly aware of our health and staying fit and healthy. With the advent of wearables that can quickly measure SpO2 or blood oxygen saturation, ECG, and even blood pressure, it has become easy for us to monitor our health at any time. However, most of these devices are not as accurate as we would want them to be. Additionally, wearables and off-the-counter blood pressure measurement devices can give...

It is the year 2022, and the COVID-19 induced pandemic is far from over. Scientists worldwide continue to detect newer mutations (variants) of the virus and develop vaccines to try and reduce the impact of the virus on our lives. However, the pandemic has completely transformed how we lived, worked and led our lives. Offices are (in some cases) permanently shut, working and studying from home is the new norm. Long hours of work and time spent binge-watching TV or content online has also given rise to disorders that were earlier only heard of in isolated cases. Names such as...