Many utilities lack the depth of data needed to implement more cost-effective asset-management systems like condition-based monitoring and maintenance methods, which utilities in Europe and Asia are adopting to enhance the efficient use of capital and reduce operations and maintenance costs.
It is not clear whether the boy with hand-arm vibration syndrome has suffered any permanent damage or if his condition will ease in time, but doctors are monitoring his progress.
The research suggests that current monitoring of patients with cryptogenic strokes for atrial fibrillation may not be long enough, which is why the condition has gone undetected.