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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Clinical Validation of Integrated Point-of-Care Devices for the Management of Non-Communicable Diseases.

K V Giriraja, Suman Govindaraj, H P Chandrakumar, Basanth Ramesh, Licy Prasad, B R Priyanka, Samreen Shaikh, Varun Rana, Varun Trivedi, Sridhar Ramanathan and 2 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

K V GirirajaRajalakshmi Hospital, 21/1, Lakshmipura Main Road, Vidyaranyapura Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560097, India.
Suman GovindarajRajalakshmi Hospital, 21/1, Lakshmipura Main Road, Vidyaranyapura Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560097, India.
H P ChandrakumarHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Basanth RameshHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Licy PrasadHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
B R PriyankaHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Samreen ShaikhHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Varun RanaHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Varun TrivediHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Sridhar RamanathanHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Ramanan LaxminarayanHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.
Radha RangarajanHealthCubed India Private Limited, IKP-EDEN, Tavarekere Main Rd, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560029, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6244-2056

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death and disability across India, including in the poorest states. Effective disease management, particularly for cardiovascular diseases, requires the tracking of several biochemical and physiological parameters over an extended period of time. Currently, patients must go to diagnostic laboratories and doctors' clinics or invest in individual point-of-care devices for measuring the required parameters. The cost and inconvenience of current options lead to inconsistent monitoring, which contribute to suboptimal outcomes. Furthermore, managing multiple individual point-of-devices is challenging and helps track some parameters to the exclusion of others. To address these issues, HealthCubed, a primary care technology company, has designed integrated devices that measure blood glucose, hemoglobin, cholesterol, uric acid, blood pressure, capillary oxygen saturation and pulse rate. Here we report data from clinical studies undertaken in healthy subjects establishing the validity of an integrated device for monitoring multiple parameters.

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cardiovascular diseasesHealthCube-SEHealthCube-XLintegrated devicepoint-of-careprimary care

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PMID32438688
PMCPMC7278003

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