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(Medical Xpress)—Two babies at risk of brain injury following a lack of oxygen at birth have received xenon gas and cooling therapy while being transferred from one hospital to another in a specially equipped ambulance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-xenon-gas-successfully-babies-ambulance.html Other Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:40:33 EST news286522822 Monitoring pain and providing analgesics to patients in intensive care units (ICUs) during non-surgical procedures, such as turning and washing, can not only reduce the amount of pain but also reduce the number of serious adverse events including cardiac arrest, finds new research in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pain-movement-intensive.html Other Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:00:01 EST news285436208 (Medical Xpress)—Results from a clinical trial into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry show that lithium carbonate is ineffective at treating the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-lithium-benefit-mnd-patients.html Neuroscience Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:10:01 EST news282901907 One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according to a new Johns Hopkins study of patients with acute lung injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ptsd-symptoms-common-icu-survivors.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:03:08 EST news281073682 When doctors encounter a patient with a massive pulmonary embolism, they face a difficult choice: Is it wise to administer a drug that could save the patient's life, even though many people suffer life-threatening bleeding as a result? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-embolism-patients-clot-busting-drug-worth.html Medications Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:38:13 EST news280687083 Her coarse hands gripping a blue plastic ventilator she pumped by hand for years to keep her injured son alive, Wang Lanqin sits by her child's bed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-homemade-ventilator-reveals-china-medical.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:53:11 EST news278837584 In recent weeks the intensive critical care units at University Health Network's Toronto General Hospital have used Extra Corporeal Lung Support (ECLS) to support five influenza (flu) patients in their recovery from severe respiratory problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-critically-ill-flu-patients-artificial.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:57:59 EST news277649196 By the time they reached toddlerhood, very preterm infants originally treated with higher oxygen levels continued to show benefits when compared to a group treated with lower oxygen levels, according to a follow-up study by a research network of the National Institutes of Health that confirms earlier network findings. Moreover, infants treated with a respiratory therapy commonly prescribed for adults with obstructive sleep apnea fared as well as those who received the traditional therapy for infant respiratory difficulties, the new study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-benefits-higher-oxygen-device-persist.html Health Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:06:39 EST news275835991 Severe acute kidney injuries are becoming more common in the United States, rising 10 percent per year and doubling over the last decade, according to a retrospective study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-severe-acute-kidney-injuries-rapidly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:08 EST news274026159 Smoke inhalation is the major cause of death in fire victims due to cyanide poisoning. However, new research presented at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, shows that a new antidote, cobinamide, may help reverse the effects of cyanide toxicity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antidote-smoke-related-cyanide-toxicity.html Medications Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:30:06 EST news270095260 (HealthDay)—For patients with severe and rigid scoliosis and low body weight, a two-stage vertebral column resection (VCR) procedure with posterior pedicle screw instrumentation can achieve good correction of scoliosis, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-procedure-aids-severe-rigid-scoliosis.html Addiction Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:40:01 EST news265033574 An Indonesian man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Saturday, in the country's ninth fatal case this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-bird-flu-ninth-victim-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:27:13 EST news263881573 Expectant mothers who dealt with the strain of a hurricane or major tropical storm passing nearby during their pregnancy had children who were at elevated risk for abnormal health conditions at birth, according to a study led by a Princeton University researcher that offers new insights into the effects of stress on pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-insights-effects-stress-pregnancy.html Health Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:14:52 EST news260111683 (AP) -- The father of a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria says his daughter is now breathing on her own. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-woman-flesh-eating-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 May 2012 07:25:14 EST news256803900 A Loyola University Medical Center study has found that binge drinking may slow recovery and increase medical costs for survivors of burn injuries. The study was presented during the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Seattle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-binge-drinkers-minor-complications.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:30:01 EST news254665896 (Phys.org) -- The use of mechanical ventilation in hospital intensive care units is a suspect in a significant number of hospital-acquired infections, but its exact prevalence in Australia is unknown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-prime-hospital-infections.html Other Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:40:01 EST news254114989 More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has lifted the lid on a world of panic, breathlessness and unheard pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-traumatic-ventilator-treatment-conscious.html Other Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:14 EST news247767993 In contrast to findings of previous studies, patients who experienced an acute lung injury, such as from pneumonia or sepsis, and received dietary supplements including omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants had more days on a ventilator, more days in the intensive care unit (ICU), and a non-statistically significant increase in the rate of death, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine meeting in Berlin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-dietary-supplements-patients-lung-injury.html Health Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:50:10 EST news237026895 An electronic system that stimulates the nerve of the diaphragm muscles has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The system called NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) will help ALS patients breathe longer without the aid of a ventilator. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-diaphragm-pacing-fda-als-patients.html Neuroscience Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:45:35 EST news236533517 Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-washington-university-surgeons-successfully-artificial.html Other Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:11:24 EST news227455856 Guidelines that reduce the use of mechanical ventilation with premature infants in favor of a gentler form of respiratory support can profoundly affect those children's outcomes while reducing the cost of care, according to a team of researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-guidelines-ventilator-premature-infants-easier.html Other Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:07:27 EST news227182022 A new drug to treat potentially fatal lung injuries caused by ventilators in hospital intensive care units is being developed by Flinders University researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-drug-life-intensive.html Medical research Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:06:04 EST news226667146 A miniature, easy-to-carry ventilation system with a simple nasal mask may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) become more active, according to research conducted at medical centers in California and Utah. The compact design offers an attractive alternative to currently available larger, less comfortableventilators and masks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-miniature-ventilator-copd-patients-mobility.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 17:50:01 EST news224785620 The antibiotic linezolid may be more effective than vancomycin in treating ventilated patients who develop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia as a result of their ventilation, according to a study conducted globally by American and French researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-antibiotic-linezolid-effective-option-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 16:59:00 EST news224783926 Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones - and a great deal safer - in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing devices, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study published online May 3 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-short-antibiotic-courses-safer-breathing-tube.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 May 2011 15:29:58 EST news223828168