New tablet device detects heart failure, provides assistance
Researchers from Linkoping University in Sweden have developed a tablet device that can help treat heart failure patients, reports DNA.
The tablet, called OPTILOGG, is a pre-programmed device attached to a weighing scale that can monitor heart failure symptoms and drug dosage. It also provides heart failure education and records body weight.
When detecting heart failure deterioration, it will instruct the patient to increase their dose of diuretics. If a patient gains a concerning amount of weight, the tablet will instruct them to contact a heart failure clinic.
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