News tagged with ventilator
Lungs respond to hospital ventilator as if it were an infection
When hospital patients need assistance breathing and are placed on a mechanical ventilator for days at a time, their lungs react to the pressure generated by the ventilator with an out-of-control immune response that can ...
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Jul 18, 2012 |
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Study offers new insights into the effects of stress on pregnancy
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 ...
Health
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Mortality rates decrease, chronic disease rates increase among HIV+ ICU patients
The expanded use of antiretrovirals, potent drugs used to treat retroviral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has been linked to significant decreases in hospital mortality rates among severely ill HIV-positive(HIV+) ...
HIV & AIDS
May 23, 2012 |
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International panel updates definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Gordon D. Rubenfeld, M.D., of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada, and colleagues with the ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) Definition Task Force, developed a new definition of ARDS (the Berlin ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2012 |
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Woman with flesh-eating disease takes own breaths
(AP) -- The father of a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria says his daughter is now breathing on her own.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2012 |
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For binge drinkers, even relatively minor burns can lead to serious complications
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 ...
Health
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Researchers to hunt down a prime suspect in hospital infections
(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.
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Apr 20, 2012 |
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Can a ray of sunshine help the critically ill?
Scientists have long believed that vitamin D, which is naturally absorbed from sunlight, has an important role in the functioning of the body's autoimmune system. Now Prof. Howard Amital of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty ...
Health
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Reducing breath size/pressure from ICU ventilator increases survival in people with acute lung injury
Carefully adjusting mechanical ventilator settings in the intensive care unit to pump smaller breaths into very sick lungs can reduce the chances of dying by as much as 8 percent, according to a study by critical care experts ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Sedative may reduce duration of mechanical ventilation, improve comfort for ICU patients
The results of two randomized trials indicate that among intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation, use of the sedative dexmedetomidine was not inferior (outcome not worse than treatment ...
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Mar 20, 2012 |
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Staph sepsis increases mortality in preterm infants
(HealthDay) -- Only about 1 percent of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants develop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, and the morbidity and mortality are similar to that seen i ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Scripps Research discoveries lead to newly approved drug for infant respiratory distress syndrome
Scientific advances at The Scripps Research Institute have led to a new drug Surfaxin (lucinactant), approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat infant respiratory distress syndrome.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators
Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a ...
Health
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Traumatic to be on a ventilator treatment while conscious
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 ...
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in awake, non-intubated patients may be an effective strategy for bridging patients to lung transplantation, according to a new study from Germany.
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Jan 20, 2012 |
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