This is a very interesting study with some true curiositys. I think having these mobile electronics will help out the medical staff extremely well. What I'm curious about is how they actually measure the pain. Individuals pain thresholds are enough to drive a medical staff crazy, but what part of the technology says this is a certain number on their 1-10 scale?
This is really interesting, and what a solution this will really bring in medical world.
But my thinking seems alongside with Jay-Bond- how accurate could this really be in a situation whereby even the patient can not tell how he is feeling.
Sensible research. This device need not 100% accurate if it can atleast detect the pain of 99% patients still it relives so much of pain.
This device can help many paediatrician to identify problems in small infants as they cant describe the pain. I wish this device to be launched soon and interested to know its performance.
That technology could potentially benefit a great many people whose pain is not adequately treated. I wonder if it could also be adapted for use in treating animals.
@saranyati.I really admired the angle from which you viewed the pain detector.
Truly, this is going to be of a great help in the world of infants that are having one pain or the other but telling us is a problem.But what are the conditions that would aid the sensitivity of this device and will it be sensitive enough to detect anything in infants
Sensitivity definitely becomes a question here. Initially the device can start with simple stomach related pains caused because of food poisining and can include any thing to do with respiratory sytem.
Well Ariella, your post is bringing to me a crucial trigger, I really believe it has been discussed a lot: how high are investment in medical technologies vs military technologies? Which is for human people the most proficient in providing benefits across for people everywhere across the globe?
This device can help many paediatrician to identify problems in small infants as they cant describe the pain.
@saranyatil, you are absolutely right. This device will help paediatrician to identify problems in small infants who cannot express their pain. I think this good news for infants parents too who cant understand the pain the infants are in when they are crying.
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