02245nas a2200325 4500008004100000022001400041245009000055210006900145260001300214300001100227490000600238520120000244653002601444653002801470653002801498653002601526653002501552653002201577653004201599653002101641653002201662653002101684653003401705653003701739653001101776653003001787100001901817700002301836856006001859 2014 eng d a1937-539500aMedical devices and diagnostics for cardiovascular diseases in low-resource settings.0 aMedical devices and diagnostics for cardiovascular diseases in l c2014 Nov a737-480 v73 a
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, have emerged as an underappreciated health threat with enormous economic and public health implications for populations in low-resource settings. In order to address these diseases, devices that are to be used in low-resource settings have to conform to requirements that are generally more challenging than those developed for traditional markets. Characteristics and issues that must be considered when working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) include challenging environmental conditions, a complex supply chain, sometimes inadequate operator training, and cost. Somewhat counterintuitively, devices for low-resource setting (LRS) markets need to be of at least as high quality and reliability as those for developed countries to be setting-appropriate and achieve impact. Finally, the devices need to be designed and tested for the populations in which they are to be used in order to achieve the performance that is needed. In this review, we focus on technologies for primary and secondary health-care settings and group them according to the continuum of care from prevention to treatment.
10aBiomedical Technology10aBlood Chemical Analysis10aCardiovascular Diseases10aCost-Benefit Analysis10aDeveloping Countries10aDiabetes Mellitus10aDiagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular10aEquipment Design10aHealth Care Costs10aHealth Resources10aHealth Services Accessibility10aHealth Services Needs and Demand10aHumans10aPredictive Value of Tests1 aMcGuire, Helen1 aWeigl, Bernhard, H uhttps://www.microfluidicsciences.com/drupal/?q=node/201