Low-capability pediatric hospitals more than doubled from 2003 to 2022: Study
From 2003 to 2022, there was a more than doubling in low-capability pediatric hospitals, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Pediatrics.
Dec 10, 2025
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Therapeutics: News and Research on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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The international system for assessing organ dysfunction in critically ill patients is updated after thirty years
The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine used to assess the degree of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients, has recently been published ...
Nov 17, 2025
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Study shows marked improvement in survival rates for pediatric heart transplantation within Nordic countries
In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, ...
Aug 20, 2025
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Device could pave way for human eye transplants
It seemed like a simple idea. Design a device that will make it possible for a human eye to remain alive and functional outside of the body. At least for a few hours. And then a few days.
Jul 24, 2025
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Novel method enables safe delivery of stem cells in critically ill patients on external lung support
A multidisciplinary clinical team led by Professor Bernat Soria from the Institute of Bioengineering at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH, Spain) has developed a new method to deliver cell therapies in patients ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Live hantavirus is carried by more than 30 New Mexico small mammal species
Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of hantavirus in North America, New Mexicans have been warned to be on the lookout for deer mice, which harbor the microbe and ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Multicenter study shows which treatment helps most with high-risk acute pulmonary embolism
High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young people. Acute obstruction of the pulmonary circulation by a blood clot can lead to circulatory failure ...
Mar 4, 2025
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MRI study examines overlap between two common neonatal brain injuries
Brain injuries are a leading cause of death and long-term disability in infants. Among the most common is neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), which affects one to three in 1,000 live births per year and accounts ...
Jan 31, 2025
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Experts warn of growing risks as bird flu cases rise
A Canadian teen's severe bird flu infection has highlighted growing concerns about the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, which has seen a steady rise in human cases across the U.S.
Jan 2, 2025
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The chaotic beginnings of the tool that made heart surgery possible
Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, surgeons graft arteries, fix structural defects or transplant entire hearts.
Nov 5, 2024
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