Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Critics demand stop to 'Guinea pig' sepsis clinical trial
(HealthDay)—A major non-profit advocacy group is asking that a large government trial comparing treatments for sepsis be shut down.
Sep 26, 2018
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News tagged with intravenous fluids
Neuroscience
Do excess fluids cause brain injuries in children with diabetic ketoacidosis?
For decades, clinicians have worried that giving too much intravenous fluid to children with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) may contribute to brain swelling and injury, and even death. Now, after a national study that examined ...
Jun 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saline use on the decline at Vanderbilt following landmark studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is encouraging its medical providers to stop using saline as intravenous fluid therapy for most patients, a change provoked by two companion landmark studies released today that are anticipated ...
Feb 27, 2018
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Immunology
Immune system simulation shows need for multi-target treatments for sepsis
Using a computational model of the human immune system, scientists have shown that efforts to combat sepsis might be more effective if they targeted multiple steps in the molecular processes that drive the illness. This finding ...
Feb 15, 2018
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Health
'IV lounges' are the latest health fad, but are they safe?
(HealthDay)—"Rent-a-drip" IV lounges are popping up across the country, promising speedy recovery for hangover sufferers, jet lag victims and others seeking an intravenous solution to modern dilemmas.
Jan 31, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Schools closed in Zambia as cholera toll rises to 61
The start of Zambia's school year has been postponed and all public gatherings banned to contain a cholera outbreak that has killed 61 people, officials said Tuesday.
Jan 9, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The Ebola suspect's dilemma—what to do when seeking treatment is more likely to harm than to help
West Africa. 2014. The height of the Ebola outbreak sweeping the region. A person experiences sudden onset of fever, vomiting, diarrhea—textbook early symptoms of Ebola.
Mar 7, 2017
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Medications
Advocates fear more heroin withdrawal deaths in jails
Heroin withdrawal is rarely fatal, but more than a half-dozen people have died behind bars in the U.S. during the last two years after suffering from severe symptoms that their families say went untreated.
Jul 11, 2016
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Medical research
Leading doctors warn that sepsis deaths will not be curbed without radical rethink of research strategy
Leading doctors today [Monday 20 April, 2015] warn that medical and public recognition of sepsis—thought to contribute to between a third and a half of all hospital deaths—must improve if the number of deaths from this ...
Apr 20, 2015
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Health
Electronic beats paper record in peds trauma resuscitations
(HealthDay)—Electronic documentation produces more complete records of pediatric trauma resuscitations than paper documentation, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Feb 15, 2015
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