Rise of the EKG Machines

As for the forty-seventh entry for this new article series entitled as The Facts About Heartburn, GERD and EKG Machines, we will just continue on discussing here about the things we should know on heartburn, and GERD.

Barrett’s esophagus is officially coded by the Library of Congress for electronic searches of the literature as Barrett esophagus, but Barrett’s esophagus (with the apostrophe “s”) is the name used universally. The condition is named after a surgeon, Norman Barrett, who described the condition. However, it turns out that his interpretation of the findings was not correct. In 1953, Drs. Allison and Johnstone actually described this condition along the lines we now understand, namely that a metaplasia was occurring. (Metaplasia, which is discussed below, is the term used when one adult tissue replaces another.) Nevertheless, the condition has been immortalized with Barrett’s name.

Initially, it was thought that the Barrett’s esophagus consisted of stomach (gastric) tissue replacing the usual squamous lining of the esophagus. However, in the mid 70’s, Dr. Paull and colleagues published a paper in which they described the mucosa (inner lining) of Barrett’s esophagus in greater detail than had been done previously. They pointed out that Barrett’s esophagus consisted of a metaplasia in which the normal lining of the esophagus was replaced with a mixture of gastric and intestinal lining cells. The intestinal-type lining cells are also called specialized columnar cells. For a number of years, some scientists thought that there were two types of Barrett’s; one in which the normal lining was replaced with stomach (gastric) type cells only, and the second in which intestinal cells were present. However, the current belief is that only the presence of intestinal-type goblet cells establishes the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus, regardless of what other cell types are present.

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The Edan SE-3 ECG (Wide Screen) is one of the Smart ECG SE-3 series are high-quality and affordable three-channel ECG units. Compact and light design makes it portable for any work situation.

This said EKG Machine is foldable LCD screen with waveform display and parameters configurable.  And this ECG machine has a high resolution thermal printer, built-in rechargeable lithium battery, AC/DC power supply, well designed membrane keyboard and multi-languages selectable.

Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: data transmission to PC via RS232/Ethernet port, USB Interface for patient data transportation, compatible with external printer for 12 leads simultaneous printing and complete digital filter, avoiding baseline drift, AC, EMG interference.

Moreover, this EKG also has automatic baseline adjustment to optimize printing position, copy mode for additional copies of the latest auto-tested ECG, 3/6/12 leads display simultaneous, lead-Off detection and alert, selectable report options : auto, manual, rhythm and HRV analysis, and interpretation tested with authoritative CSE database (option).

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