Diagnostics,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(12), P. 2202 - 2202
Published: Nov. 25, 2021
The
concept
of
intensive
care
units
(ICU)
has
existed
for
almost
70
years,
with
outstanding
development
progress
in
the
last
decades.
Multidisciplinary
critically
ill
patients
become
an
integral
part
every
modern
health
system,
ensuing
improved
and
reduced
mortality.
Early
recognition
severe
medical
surgical
illnesses,
advanced
prehospital
organized
immediate
trauma
centres
led
to
a
rise
ICU
patients.
Due
underlying
disease
its
need
complex
mechanical
support
monitoring
treatment,
it
is
often
necessary
facilitate
bed-side
diagnostics.
Immediate
diagnostics
are
essential
successful
treatment
life
threatening
conditions,
early
complications
good
quality
care.
Management
incomprehensible
without
continuous
sophisticated
monitoring,
bedside
ultrasonography,
diverse
radiologic
diagnostics,
blood
gas
analysis,
coagulation
management,
laboratory
other
point-of-care
(POC)
diagnostic
modalities.
Moreover,
time
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic,
particular
attention
given
POC
techniques
due
additional
concerns
related
risk
infection
transmission,
patient
healthcare
workers
safety
potential
adverse
events
relocation.
This
review
summarizes
most
actual
information
on
possible
modalities
critical
care,
special
focus
importance
approach
imaging
procedures.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
34(1)
Published: Oct. 8, 2021
Abstract
The
ever‐growing
global
threats
to
human
life
caused
by
the
acute
respiratory
virus
(RV)
infections
have
cost
billions
of
lives,
created
a
significant
economic
burden,
and
shaped
society
for
centuries.
timely
response
emerging
RVs
could
save
lives
reduce
medical
care
burden.
development
RV
detection
technologies
is
essential
potentially
preventing
pandemic
epidemics.
However,
commonly
used
lack
sensitivity,
specificity,
speed,
thus
often
failing
provide
rapid
turnaround
times.
To
address
this
problem,
new
are
devised
performance
inadequacies
traditional
methods.
These
offer
improvements
in
convenience,
flexibility,
portability
point‐of‐care
test
(POCT).
Herein,
recent
developments
POCT
comprehensively
reviewed
eight
typical
viruses.
This
review
discusses
challenges
opportunities
various
recognition
strategies
these
according
their
principles,
including
nucleic
acid
amplification,
optical
POCT,
electrochemistry,
lateral
flow
assays,
microfluidics,
enzyme‐linked
immunosorbent
microarrays.
importance
limits
detection,
throughput,
portability,
specificity
when
testing
clinical
samples
resource‐limited
settings
emphasized.
Finally,
evaluation
commercial
kits
both
diagnosis
clinical‐oriented
practices
included.
Nano Letters,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
22(9), P. 3620 - 3627
Published: March 29, 2022
Widespread
testing
and
isolation
of
infected
patients
is
a
cornerstone
viral
outbreak
management,
as
underscored
during
the
ongoing
COVID-19
pandemic.
Here,
we
report
large-area
label-free
platform
that
combines
surface-enhanced
Raman
spectroscopy
machine
learning
for
rapid
accurate
detection
SARS-CoV-2.
Spectroscopic
signatures
acquired
from
virus
samples
on
metal–insulator–metal
nanostructures,
fabricated
using
nanoimprint
lithography
transfer
printing,
can
provide
test
results
within
25
min.
Not
only
our
technique
accurately
distinguish
between
different
respiratory
nonrespiratory
viruses,
but
it
also
detect
in
physiologically
relevant
matrices
such
human
saliva
without
any
additional
sample
preparation.
Furthermore,
large
area
nanopatterning
approach
allows
sensors
to
be
flexible
surfaces
allowing
them
mounted
surface
or
used
wearables.
We
envision
versatile
portable
spectroscopic
will
offer
an
important
tool
future
preparedness.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 8, 2024
Abstract
Development
of
coating
technologies
for
electrochemical
sensors
that
consistently
exhibit
antifouling
activities
in
diverse
and
complex
biological
environments
over
extended
time
is
vital
effective
medical
devices
diagnostics.
Here,
we
describe
a
micrometer-thick,
porous
nanocomposite
with
both
electroconducting
properties
enhances
the
sensitivity
sensors.
Nozzle
printing
oil-in-water
emulsion
used
to
create
1
micrometer
thick
composed
cross-linked
albumin
interconnected
pores
gold
nanowires.
The
layer
resists
biofouling
maintains
rapid
electron
transfer
kinetics
one
month
when
exposed
directly
fluids,
including
serum
nasopharyngeal
secretions.
Compared
thinner
(nanometer
thick)
made
drop
casting
or
spin
same
thickness,
sensor
exhibits
sensitivities
are
enhanced
by
3.75-
17-fold
three
different
target
biomolecules
tested.
As
result,
emulsion-coated,
multiplexed
can
carry
out
simultaneous
detection
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
nucleic
acid,
antigen,
host
antibody
clinical
specimens
high
specificity.
This
technology
holds
promise
addressing
hurdles
currently
restricting
application
point-of-care
diagnostics,
implantable
devices,
other
healthcare
monitoring
systems.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
122(11)
Published: March 10, 2025
Rapid
and
accurate
detection
of
DNA
from
disease-causing
pathogens
is
essential
for
controlling
the
spread
infections
administering
timely
treatments.
While
traditional
molecular
diagnostics
techniques
like
PCR
are
highly
sensitive,
they
include
nucleic
acid
amplification
many
need
to
be
performed
in
centralized
laboratories,
limiting
their
utility
point-of-care
settings.
Recent
advances
CRISPR-based
(CRISPR-Dx)
have
demonstrated
potential
specific
detection,
but
sensitivity
often
constrained
by
slow
trans-cleavage
activity
Cas
enzymes,
necessitating
preamplification
target
acids.
In
this
study,
we
present
a
CRISPR-Cascade
assay
that
overcomes
these
limitations
integrating
positive
feedback
loop
enables
amplification-free
pathogenic
at
atto-molar
levels
achieves
signal-to-noise
ratio
greater
than
1.3
within
just
10
min.
The
versatility
through
bloodstream
infection
pathogens,
including
Methicillin-Sensitive
Staphylococcus
aureus
(MSSA),
Methicillin-Resistant
(MRSA),
Escherichia
coli
,
Hepatitis
B
Virus
(HBV)
spiked
whole
blood
samples.
Additionally,
introduce
multiplexing
OR-function
logic
gate,
further
enhancing
rapid
clinical
Our
findings
highlight
ability
provide
sensitive
paving
way
advanced
applications
beyond.
ACS Sensors,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
6(12), P. 4461 - 4470
Published: Dec. 8, 2021
The
rapid
and
unexpected
spread
of
SARS-CoV-2
worldwide
has
caused
unprecedented
disruption
to
daily
life
brought
forward
critical
challenges
for
public
health.
disease
was
the
largest
cause
death
in
United
States
early
2021.
Likewise,
COVID-19
pandemic
highlighted
need
accurate
diagnoses
at
scales
larger
than
ever
before.
To
improve
availability
current
gold
standard
diagnostic
testing
methods,
development
point-of-care
devices
that
can
maintain
sensitivity
while
reducing
cost
providing
portability
is
much
needed.
In
this
work,
we
combine
amplification
capabilities
reverse
transcriptase
loop-mediated
isothermal
(RT-LAMP)
techniques
with
high-sensitivity
end-point
detection
crumpled
graphene
field-effect
transistors
(cgFETs)
develop
a
portable
cell.
This
electrical
method
takes
advantage
ability
adsorb
single-stranded
DNA
due
noncovalent
π-π
bonds
but
not
double-stranded
DNA.
These
have
demonstrated
detect
presence
virus
range
from
10
104
copies/μL
20
viral
transport
medium
(VTM)
clinical
samples.
As
result,
achieved
100%
PPV,
NPV,
sensitivity,
specificity
positive
negative
VTM
Further,
cgFET
differentiate
between
samples
35
min
based
on
Dirac
point
shift.
improved
sensing
gFET
were
compared
those
traditional
flat
devices.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(8), P. 10844 - 10855
Published: Feb. 17, 2022
The
widespread
and
long-lasting
effect
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
has
called
attention
to
significance
technological
advances
in
rapid
diagnosis
SARS-CoV-2
virus.
This
study
reports
use
a
highly
stable
buffer-based
zinc
oxide/reduced
graphene
oxide
(bbZnO/rGO)
nanocomposite
coated
on
carbon
screen-printed
electrodes
for
electrochemical
immuno-biosensing
nuelocapsid
(N-)
protein
antigens
spiked
clinical
samples.
incorporation
salt-based
(ionic)
matrix
uniform
dispersion
nanomixture
eliminates
multistep
nanomaterial
synthesis
surface
electrode
enables
single-step
sensor
nanocoating.
immuno-biosensor
provides
limit
detection
21
fg/mL
over
linear
range
1-10
000
pg/mL
exhibits
sensitivity
32.07
ohms·mL/pg·mm2
N-protein
biosensor
is
successful
discriminating
positive
negative
samples
within
15
min,
demonstrating
its
proof
concept
used
as
antigen
test.