Pediatrics
Risk factor for life-threatening disease in preemies identified
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
Jan 16, 2014
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Cardiology
Conserving blood cuts transfusions in aortic valve surgery
(HealthDay)—A blood conservation strategy (BCS) reduces red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) without increasing mortality or morbidity, according to research published ...
Jan 7, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood can transmit Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare but fatal disease in humans. For the first time, the presence of infectivity in the blood of patients affected by sporadic and the new variant of CJD was established by scientists ...
Dec 12, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Japan man contracts HIV through blood transfusion
The Japanese government and Red Cross said Tuesday that a man in his 60s has contracted HIV through a blood transfusion, while testing continued on another patient who received blood from the same donor.
Nov 26, 2013
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Medications
Novartis sells blood transfusion test unit for $1.7 bn
Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis said Monday it would sell its blood transfusion diagnostics unit to the Spanish firm Grifols for $1.68 billion (1.25 billion euros), with analysts saying more divestments could lay in ...
Nov 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mad cow disease: One in 2,000 in UK carry protein (Update)
Around one person in 2,000 in Britain carries the protein linked to the human version of mad cow disease, a figure higher than previous estimates, a study said on Tuesday.
Oct 14, 2013
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Surgery
Preoperative blood typing may not be needed for some pediatric surgeries
Certain pediatric surgeries carry such low risk of serious blood loss that clinicians can safely forgo expensive blood typing and blood stocking before such procedures, suggest the results of a small study by researchers ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Cardiology
New model better predicts risk of post-PCI bleeding
(HealthDay)—A new definition of post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) bleeding and a new predictive risk model can better identify patients at risk for bleeding complications, according to a study published in the ...
Sep 21, 2013
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Cardiology
UCLA doctors successfully 'vacuum' two-foot blood clot out of patient's heart
Todd Dunlap, 62, arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center's emergency room on Aug. 8 suffering from shortness of breath, fatigue and extreme cold. When a CT scan revealed a 24-inch clot stretching from his legs into his ...
Sep 18, 2013
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Cardiology
Women less likely to die after TAVI than men
Women are 25 percent less likely to die one year after TAVI than men, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Mohammad Sherif from Germany. The findings suggest that TAVI might be the preferred treatment ...
Sep 2, 2013
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