Premature Birth Disrupts Crucial Brain Development Processes
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online For the first time, researchers have employed a novel form of MRI to identify crucial developmental processes in the brain that are vulnerable to the effects of premature birth. The study,...
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BOSTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces recipients in the 2013 National Awards Program to Recognize Achievements in Eliminating Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs). Eight hospitals and health care facilities were honored for successful and sustained efforts to prevent HAIs, specifically infections in critical care settings. HAIs are infections...
Private insurers rather than hospitals would reap the most savings by supporting programs to prevent these avoidable complications Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units. In a small, new study, reported online in the American Journal of Medical Quality, the researchers found that an ICU patient who develops an avoidable...
BRANFORD, Conn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASM) (CASMED), a leader in medical devices for non-invasive patient monitoring, today announced that Thomas M. Patton, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2(nd) Annual Marcum MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET in the Estate 10 room and will be available via a live...
Leading-Edge Texas Hospital Deploys Breakthrough Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion Pulse Oximetry Technology EL PASO, Texas and IRVINE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that El Paso Children's Hospital, the newest and most expansive dedicated children's hospital in west Texas,has upgraded to Masimo SET(®) pulse oximetry and sensor technologies, the standard-of-care at leading health organizations worldwide. Masimo SET(®) pulse...
For critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, early tracheostomy (within the first 4 days after admission) was not associated with an improvement in the risk of death within 30 days compared to patients who received tracheostomy placement after 10 days, according to a study in the May 22/29 issue of JAMA. "A tracheostomy is commonly performed when clinicians predict a patient will need prolonged mechanical ventilation," according to background information in the article....
ECMO transport program allows hospital to treat more complex patients from outside region. St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 On September 20, 2012, Brandie and Dustin Stoddard welcomed their second baby girl into the world. Haevyn Delanie weighed-in at a healthy seven pounds, two ounces, was 18 inches long, and went home right on schedule. Just four months later, though, her family was back in the hospital. This time, they were in Kansas City, waiting for a team of medical...
SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amara Health Analytics today announced that the company's software, Clinical Vigilance(TM) for Sepsis, was used to study the impact of timely administration of antibiotics in cases of severe sepsis. The study was conducted by researchers at Cooper University Hospital, and it is being presented this week at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting in Atlanta. (Photo:...
Published in the June 2013 Issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Study Demonstrates that Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa(TM)) is More Sensitive to Ventilation Changes than Capnometry IRVINE, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that a new study to be published in the June 2013 edition of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia (available online today) concludes that Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa(TM)) shows "significantly greater accuracy and precision...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sleep Nation, Inc., a national provider of CPAP supplies, today announced a new offering where it is providing its call center, insurance eligibility and fulfillment teams as an outsourced service option for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) companies desiring to increase their re-supply revenue. The offering is the first one in the industry to bundle all these services into one. "Live callers perform better than automated options and...
IRVINE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today a new study in the British Journal of Anesthesia demonstrates that Masimo's noninvasive PVI(®) can be used to help clinicians accurately assess fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated children under general anesthesia,(1) adding to the growing body of evidence that shows the efficacy of PVI across a wide range of patient populations. Hemodynamic instability is a common challenge in surgical...
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Tracheal intubation (commonly known as intubation) is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea in order to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer oxygen or other drugs. It is commonly performed in emergency situations and critically ill or injured patients, but intubation is also used in patients who will be undergoing a lengthy surgery that requires them to be under anesthesia for a significant number of hours. In order to intubate,...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, also known as ECMO, is best described as long term life support occurring outside the patient’s body. It should be noted, however, that ECMO is temporary and typically lasts three to ten days on average. ECMO is a means of oxygenating blood without it having to circulate inside the body, and thus allows time for essential recovery of the heart and lungs. ECMO comes with many serious risks and is only used in severe cases of cardiac or respiratory failure...
Oxygen therapy is known as the administration of oxygen as a medical intervention. It is indicated in patients whose oxygen supply is compromised due to both acute and chronic health conditions and can be administered in many different ways. Oxygen therapy can be administered virtually wherever the patient is. Most commonly, oxygen is delivered to patients in an ambulance, hospital, or doctor’s office. These medical facilities carry oxygen in the form of a compressed gas. It is stored...
