News tagged with septic shock
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Researchers make blood poisoning breakthrough
(PhysOrg.com) -- The lives of millions of people struck down by blood poisoning - or sepsis - could be saved after a team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Glasgow, made a medical breakthrough in ...
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Jun 04, 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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Roundworm could provide new treatment for sepsis
Research by the University of Liverpool has found that systemic inflammation caused by sepsis can be suppressed by a protein which occurs naturally in a type of roundworm.
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Mar 08, 2011 |
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Preventing or reversing inflammation after heart attack, stroke may require 2-pronged approach
Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug targets aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating tissue inflammation that results ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Complementary medicines can be dangerous for children
Complementary medicines (CAM) can be dangerous for children and can even prove fatal, if substituted for conventional medicine, indicates an audit of kids' CAM treatment published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Cellular Workouts Strengthen Endothelial Cells' Grasp
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pennsylvania bioengineers have demonstrated that the cells that line blood vessels respond to mechanical forces -- the microscopic tugging and pulling on cellular structures ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Treatment with naturally occurring protein prevents and reverses brain damage caused by meningitis
This bacterium, Escherichia coli K1, is the most common cause of meningitis in premature infants and the second most common cause of the disease in newborns. "The ineffectiveness of antibiotics in treating newborns with meningitis ...
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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Doctors to treat septic patients with hypothermia
Inducing mild hypothermia is easy to implement in clinical practice and may be a valuable tool in the treatment of human sepsis patients, say researchers at the University of Brest, France.
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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Researchers block immune cell rush behind deadly sepsis
Researchers have found a way to block the ability of white blood cells to sprint toward the sites of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body bacterial infection, according ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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First trial of pemetrexed with radiation and chemo in lung cancer shows promising results
The first trial of an important new combination therapy of treatment with the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed concurrent with radiation in lung cancer has delivered promising results, French researchers report at the 2nd European ...
Apr 30, 2010 |
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Study finds that two treatment strategies for severe sepsis show similar survival rates
A comparison of two strategies for treating severe sepsis or septic shock finds that using lactate levels measured in blood samples showed a similar short-term survival rate compared to a treatment regimen using central venous ...
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Feb 23, 2010 |
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Intensive insulin therapy for septic shock patients does not show survival benefit
Treating adults with septic shock with intensive insulin therapy to counter elevated blood glucose levels associated with corticosteroid therapy did not result in a reduced risk of in-hospital death, compared to patients ...
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Jan 26, 2010 |
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Sepsis campaign improving treatment of major killer
A reduction in hospital mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with participation in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign performance improvement initiative, according to an article published simultaneously ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Surviving sepsis program -- increased compliance gets results
A 'surviving sepsis' in-hospital project has been shown to improve the care of patients with sepsis. The educational program for early management of patients with septic shock, described in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Study examines sepsis and septic shock after surgery
Sepsis and septic shock appear to be more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots among patients having general surgery, and the death rate for patients with septic shock is approximately 34 percent within 30 days ...
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Jul 19, 2010 |
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