News tagged with hemorrhagic shock

Nanoparticles increase survival after blood loss

In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study discovers why females fare better than males after traumatic injury

A study published in the September 2010 issue of SHOCK by Dr. Ed W. Childs and colleagues at Scott & White Healthcare looks at how female versus male rats fared after suffering a trauma and subsequent hemorrhagic shock who we ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Scientists make human blood protein from rice

Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Pelvic arterial embolization for postpartum hemorrhage saves lives, preserves uterus

Pelvic arterial embolization or PAE, a minimally invasive, life-saving therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, say researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Capacity of developing country NRAs key to accelerated introduction of upcoming dengue vaccines

At least one dengue vaccine could be licensed within the next 4 years, as manufacturers are speeding up the development process for multiple dengue vaccine candidates in collaboration with health authorities and developing ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Study shows economic impact of dengue virus in Americas

Dengue illness, the most common mosquito-borne viral disease in the world, has expanded from its Southeast Asian origins and is resurgent in countries such as Argentina, Chile and the continental United States.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Special sugar, nanoparticles combine to detect cholera toxin

A complex sugar may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a disease that has claimed thousands of lives in Haiti since the devastating earthquake last year.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Early use of hypertonic fluids does not appear to improve outcomes for severe traumatic brain injury

Patients with a severe traumatic brain injury (and not in shock because of blood loss) who received out-of-hospital administration of hypertonic fluids (a solution with increased concentration of certain electrolytes and ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insulin may reduce several inflammatory factors induced by bacterial infection

Treating intensive care patients who develop life-threatening bacterial infections, or septicemia, with insulin potentially could reduce their chances of succumbing to the infection, if results of a new preliminary study ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers closer to development of drug to prevent deadly immune response

Researchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart attack patients, promotes ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Human clinical trial of NIH-developed dengue vaccine begins

After more than a decade of development at the National Institutes of Health, a vaccine to prevent infection by the mosquito-borne dengue virus has begun human clinical testing. The vaccine was developed by scientists at ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trauma patients undergoing emergency operations may receive transfusions of their own blood

Transfusion with a trauma patient's own blood may offer a cost-effective alternative to transfusion with blood from another individual as a resuscitation method during surgery, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...

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