News tagged with organ failure
Artificial blood developed for the battlefield
(PhysOrg.com) -- US scientists working for the experimental arm of the Pentagon have developed artificial blood for use in transfusions for wounded soldiers in battlefields. The blood cells are said to be ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2010 |
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UCI researchers develop world's first plastic antibodies
UC Irvine researchers have developed the first "plastic antibodies" successfully employed in live organisms - stopping the spread of bee venom through the bloodstream of mice.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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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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Ticks linked to deadly virus discovered in China
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors have been aware for years that ticks can spread the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, but scientists in China have discovered a new deadly virus that is also carried by ticks ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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UCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection
UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new therapeutic approa ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Scientists discover promising new path for treating traumas
(PhysOrg.com) -- A discovery by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could help save lives threatened by traumatic injuries like those sustained in car crashes or on the battlefield. The ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain (Update 2)
(AP) -- Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Self-powered, blood-activated sensor detects pancreatitis quickly and cheaply
A new low cost test for acute pancreatitis that gets results much faster than existing tests has been developed by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Another reason not to binge drink
A Loyola University Health System study has found another reason to not binge drink alcohol.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 18, 2011 |
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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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New clue to sepsis as more aggressive care urged
(AP) -- It's one of the most intractable killers you've probably never heard of: Sepsis, an out-of-control reaction to infection that can start shutting down organs in mere hours.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 04, 2010 |
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New breakthrough in fight against lethal CCHF virus
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is a rare but serious human infection that causes internal bleeding, organ failure and ultimately death. Scientists writing in the Journal of General Virology have developed a new ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 17, 2010 |
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Not just an innocent bystander: Unusual suspect holds the secret for new approach to treat severe sepsis
Severe sepsis, a disease characterised by a sudden drop in blood pressure and progressive organ dysfunction following infection, remains one of the most common causes of mortality in intensive care units worldwide. Even under ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 29, 2010 |
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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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Kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure expand donor pool
Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) - once deemed unusable for transplant - appear to work just as well as kidneys transplanted from deceased donors who do not develop kidney problems prior ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Organ failure
Organ failure is a condition where an organ does not perform its expected function.
It is not a diagnosis. It can be classified by the cause, but when the cause is not known, it can also be classified by whether the onset is chronic or acute.
Multiple organ failure can be associated with sepsis.
For more information about Organ failure, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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