News tagged with trauma patients
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Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients
Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Study says therapeutics for trauma patients may not be effective due to an infection
A Kansas State University study aimed at alleviating intestinal damage in trauma patients digressed to an important finding that could affect medication given to the individuals.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Trauma patients protected from worse outcomes associated with so-called 'weekend effect'
Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on the weekend than during the week, according to new University of ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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High-quality care associated with lower cost in trauma
(PhysOrg.com) -- High-quality hospitals deliver lower-cost care to trauma patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgery. The study found high-quality hospitals have death rates that are 34 percent lower, ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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For elderly, even short falls can be deadly
While simple falls, such as slipping while walking off a curb, may seem relatively harmless, they can actually lead to severe injury and death in elderly individuals, according to a new study published in The Journal of Tr ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Drug that prevents clot breakdown could save thousands of accident victims worldwide
a cheap, widely available and easily administered drug which reduces the rate of blood-clot breakdown—could save the lives of thousands of accident victims worldwide. The CRASH-2 study, published Online First and in an upcoming ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans
(AP) -- Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Uninsured more likely to die from trauma than patients with insurance, study finds
Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to findings of an analysis ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Insurance status of gunshot trauma patients affects mortality outcomes
New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that despite similar injury severity, uninsured patients were significantly more likely to die after hospital admiss ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Cloud computing expedites trauma care
An electronic, cloud-based approach to sharing radiology files with other medical institutions is expediting the care of UC San Diego Health System trauma patients. The method is currently being used to speed the diagnosis ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Novo Nordisk pays $26.7 million to settle claims
Danish drug company Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it promoted the misuse of blood clotting drug NovoSeven, the US Justice Department announced Friday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Trauma patients have higher rate of death for several years following injury
In a study that included more than 120,000 adults who were treated for trauma, 16 percent of these patients died within 3 years of their injury, compared to an expected population mortality rate of about 6 percent, according ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Drug used to treat heavy periods will stop trauma patients bleeding to death
Tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to treat heavy menstrual periods, could save the lives of tens of thousands of bleeding accident victims each year and reduce combat deaths, say Cochrane researchers. The researchers carried ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Helicopter transport increases survival for seriously injured patients
Severely injured patients transported by helicopter from the scene of an accident are more likely to survive than patients brought to trauma centers by ground ambulance, according to a new study published in The Journal of ...
Jan 05, 2011 |
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