News tagged with critical care
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Measurements fail to identify TB patients who could benefit from shorter treatment course
Tuberculosis (TB) is a difficult infection to treat and requires six months of multiple antibiotics to cure it. To combat the TB pandemic, a shorter and simpler drug treatment would be a huge advance since most TB occurs ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2009 |
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CPAP treatment linked to lower mortality in stroke patients with OSA
Stroke patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who undergo treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) following their stroke may substantially reduce their risk of death, according to Spanish research to ...
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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Patients with mild to moderate OSA may benefit from exercise
Practicing certain tongue and pharyngeal exercises may reduce symptoms of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to new research being published in the second issue for May of the American Journal of Re ...
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May 07, 2009 |
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Chemical can reproduce complications for some patients
Medical science took a giant leap forward with the development of techniques that, at least temporarily, perform the function of vital organs. These processes, including the use of the heart-lung machine and renal dialysis, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 01, 2009 |
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Risk factors identified for pneumonia after heart surgery
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the main cause of nosocomial infection in patients undergoing major heart surgery. An international study of 25 hospitals from 8 European countries, published in BioMed Central's open ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Older men more likely than women to die after pneumonia
Differing biological response to infection between men and women may explain higher death rates among older men who are hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The findings, published online in the Critical Ca ...
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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Vitamin D levels linked to asthma severity
New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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In the ICU, use of benzodiazepines, other factors may predict severity of post-stay depression
Psychiatrists and critical care specialists at Johns Hopkins have begun to tease out what there is about a stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) that leads so many patients to report depression after they go home.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 10, 2009 |
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COPD-related problems hard to swallow
Patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit a disordered breathing-swallowing pattern that may account for their higher risk of aspiration pneumonia, according to new research from ...
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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Online doctor ratings have their flaws
I recently searched several doctor rating Web sites to see whether other people like my OB-GYN as much as I do.
Mar 13, 2009 |
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New research links platelets to sepsis-related organ failure
Scientists at Children's National Medical Center have identified a previously unknown contributor to organ failure in patients suffering from sepsis: platelets.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Less costly, more accessible and as effective: Simplified treatment for sleep apnea
Diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea may soon become much less expensive and arduous, thanks to new research showing that a simplified program using experienced nurses, home ambulatory diagnosis and auto-titrating ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Love handles put the squeeze on lungs
There's more bad news for people who carry excess weight around their waists: Not only is abdominal obesity associated with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and a host of other health problems collectively known ...
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Mar 06, 2009 |
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New cause of critical illness hypeglycemia identified
The endocrinologic basis of pediatric critical illness hypergylcemia (CIH) differs depending on the disease processes. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care describe how both peripheral insuli ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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UB-designed ventilator can safely sedate ICU patients for less
A new, recently licensed medical device developed by University at Buffalo researchers would introduce into intensive care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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