A timely follow-up allows the detection of adverse outcomes such as early stage pressure sores [ 7, 8], pain associated with WC use [ 9, 10], or WC-related incidents due to malfunction of the device [ 11].
The phenomenon of oscillatory inspiratory flow may impose as a malfunction of the device but it actually reflects a kind of limitation, of which the user should be aware and know how to deal with.
The accumulated energy from Joule heat has to be removed efficiently to avoid the malfunction of the devices.
As in that study, poor compliance of the participants to wear the accelerometers, malfunction of the devices or loss of information because of study design, may be responsible for the low availability of data.
While most patients were able to discontinue treatment early (before 72 h) given the absence of moderate-severe pain, 2 patients (2.1%) discontinued SSTS due to ineffective pain relief, and 2 (2.1%) due to the malfunctioning of the device.
Also, other methods, such as Periotest and the resonance frequency analysis, are more technique sensitive and depend on multiple factors, such as contact angle applied to the surface of the implant, interposition of soft tissue, malfunctioning of the device itself, or the type of implant [5, 8, 17]. 1.
Several technical malfunctions of the device, such as repetitive error messages and missing data in the data log owing to communication problems between the new hardware components, are shortcomings of the present version of the device.
Before analysis, actigraphic data will be automatically converted to 30-sec epochs by the software and all sleep episodes will be visually inspected (scale: 1000) to screen for malfunctioning of the devices and non-wear time.
Major complications related to malfunctions of the devices during transport were not recorded; in some cases it was necessary to manage minor complications (circuit cavitation, minor vascula accesses bleeding).
However, the malfunction of the chlorination device at Sancaktepe Village's main water storage tank enabled survival of the bacteria.
Among the cases with CRRT-related reasons for discontinuation, five treatments had to be stopped because of a technical malfunction of the CRRT device and four because of filter clotting before 72 h.
