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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth has expanded its New Jersey presence through the acquisition of Northern Valley Anesthesiology, P.A. (NVA), and its related entities. TeamHealth recently commenced services at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, N.J., as well as five ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in northern New Jersey where NVA provides comprehensive anesthesia and pain management services through 33 anesthesiologists. "The...
IRVINE, Calif., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new study in the July 2012 print edition of Anesthesiology, blood transfusion, the most common procedure performed in U.S. hospitals(1), has wide variation in frequency by surgical procedure and physician as well as wide variation in the hemoglobin trigger used to help decide whether to transfuse.(2) The study also showed a significant number of transfusion decisions are made without laboratory hemoglobin measurements. The...
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) will be the featured speaker at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center today, 1:00-2:00 pm. Congressman Rothman will announce the latest batch of federal funds, $1.49 million, for the Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. This brings the total amount of federal funding secured by Congressman Rothman for this institute to $4.69 million in federal resources and to over six...
Experts find little evidence for transfusions improving healthMilwaukee--An exhaustive review and analysis of the medical literature by a panel of experts at the International Consensus Conference on Transfusion and Outcomes (ICCTO) held this month in Phoenix concluded that there is little evidence to support a beneficial effect from the greatest number of transfusions currently being given to patients. The vast majority of studies show an association between red blood cell transfusions and...
International panel of experts finds little evidence for transfusions improving health MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- An exhaustive review and analysis of the medical literature by a panel of experts at the International Consensus Conference on Transfusion and Outcomes (ICCTO) held this month in Phoenix concluded that there is little evidence to support a beneficial effect from the greatest number of transfusions currently being given to patients. The vast majority of studies...
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery (formerly the NJ Institute for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery) at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The new name reflects the Institute's commitment to the comprehensive management of patient blood and blood products to improve patient outcomes. Since the 1994 inception of the Institute, Englewood Hospital has...
A new device for removing liver tumours with virtually no blood loss has been successfully used for the first time in America. The Habib 4X resection device is named after its inventor Professor Nagy Habib, Professor of Hepato-Biliary Surgery at Imperial College London and chief of service for gastrointestinal surgery at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust in west London. The revolutionary new device uses radiofrequency energy to 'seal' tissue around a tumour site, allowing the tumour to be...
