News tagged with failure patients
Artificial liver may extend lives
The first artificial organ for liver patients that uses immortalized human liver cells, the Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device, or ELAD®, is a bedside system that treats blood plasma, metabolizing toxins and synthesizing ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Exercise intensity and duration linked to improved outcomes for heart failure patients
The level of exercise is linked with the reduction of hospitalization and death in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Mar 30, 2009 |
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1 in 4 hospitalized heart failure patients with Medicare back in hospital within a month
Almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare are back in the hospital within a month after discharge, researchers report in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Nov 10, 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.
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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Sleep Apnea May Not Be Closely Linked to Heart Failure Severity
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA) are not markedly decreased in heart failure (HF) patients managed with beta-blockers and spironolactone, reports a study in the March issue of Journal of Cardiac Fai ...
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May 06, 2009 |
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Study finds adverse effects in treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon chronic liver disease characterized by progressive inflammation and destruction of the bile ducts. The disease progresses slowly, usually leading to biliary cirrhosis, ...
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Cognitive Problems Can Worsen the Effects of Heart Failure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surviving heart failure calls for making lifestyle changes, taking medications and following a doctor's orders. Some of the nation's 5 million heart failure patients have trouble adhering to these changes ...
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May 07, 2010 |
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Just drop it: The one-size-fits-all approach to blood sugar control, that is
Aggressive blood sugar control does not improve survival in diabetic patients with kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results s ...
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Jul 29, 2010 |
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Canadian researchers discover new way to prevent infections in dialysis patients
Researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat dialysis catheter malfunction in kidney dialysis patients may now also help prevent both malfunction as well as infections.
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Jan 26, 2011 |
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Study shows soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease
University of Illinois researchers report this week that new research shows how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Surprising interactions of diabetes mellitus and sepsis
Diabetic patients are less likely to suffer from acute respiratory failure during severe sepsis. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care studied 930 million hospitalisations over a 25-yea ...
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Defibrillators may have little benefit for older people with comorbidities
Older people with comorbidities and those with multiple hospital admissions related to heart failure are unlikely to receive a meaningful survival benefit from implanted defibrillators, found a study in CMAJ by researchers from B ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Comparison of medications for heart failure finds difference in risk of death
In a comparison of the angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) candesartan and losartan, used by patients with heart failure, candesartan was associated with a lower risk of death at 1 and 5 years, according to a study in ...
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Heart failure linked to cognitive impairment
Nearly half of patients with heart failure (HF) have problems with memory and other aspects of cognitive functioning, reports a new study published by Elsevier, in the February issue of Journal of Cardiac Failure .
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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