News tagged with circulatory shock
Muscle weakness a common side effect of long stays in intensive care units
After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Study finds much different work histories for disability rejects, beneficiaries
Male disability applicants rejected for federal benefits tend to have lower earnings and labor force participation rates over the decade prior to applying for federal disability benefits, a new study finds.
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May 24, 2011 |
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Researchers find new CPR method increases survival rate by 50 percent
A five-year clinical trial led by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers has led to a new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that improves long-term survival rates with good brain function by 50 percent.
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Study examines earlier use of heart pumps in growing group of heart failure patients
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded $13.3 million to explore the potential benefits of heart devices for the large and growing group of Americans with heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 24, 2011 |
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New heart pump to provide temporary assist for infants, adults
Researchers have created a new type of heart pump inserted with a catheter to improve the survival rate for infants undergoing a series of surgeries to correct a deadly birth defect.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems
Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of research published in the September ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Study leads to recommendation for use of heart failure treatment nationwide
A new therapy that reduces the risk of mortality and heart failure in patients with mild cardiac disease received a thumb's up this week from an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The panel recommended ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Safety data favor norepinephrine over dopamine for shock
Physicians treating patients with shock should consider norepinephrine instead of dopamine as a tool for stabilizing blood pressure, according to an editorial in the March 4, 2010, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) ...
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Mar 03, 2010 |
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Snake bite: Prevention is best but antivenom treatment must also be improved
Around 5.5 million people are bitten by snakes each year, resulting in some 400,000 amputations and between 20,000 and 125,000 deaths. Despite this, the burden of human suffering caused by snake bite remains largely invisible ...
Jan 01, 2010 |
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The Montreal Heart Institute presents findings on congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation
[B]Simpler approach to atrial fibrillation treatment in heart failure patients eliminates need for repeated cardioversions and reduces hospitalization rates[/B] The results of a major international clinical trial coordinated by ...
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Homeless cells find temporary lodging -- and their demise
Sometimes healthy cells commit suicide. In the 1970s, scientists showed that a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis plays a key role in development, and the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized ...
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Nov 29, 2007 |
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