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Oxygen microparticles could deliver oxygen when breathing is impaired BOSTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients unable to breathe because of acute lung failure or an obstructed airway need another way to get oxygen to their blood--and fast--to avoid cardiac arrest and brain injury. A team led by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital has designed tiny, gas-filled microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate the blood....
IRVINE, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today a new study in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia demonstrates the Masimo Radical(R) with Masimo SET(R) pulse oximetry had higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) specificity and sensitivity and lower failure rates during conditions of motion and low perfusion than other "new-generation" pulse oximeters.(1) Monitoring of SpO2 enables clinicians to detect hypoxemia (deficient blood oxygen) at an early stage....
Medical Intensive Care Unit Redesignated with Prestigious Award WILMINGTON, Del., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christiana Care Health System is the recipient of the Silver Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090407/DC95299LOGO) Christiana Care's is one of only 40 hospitals nationwide and the only hospital...
SEATTLE and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Immunexpress Group, Debiopharm Group(TM) (Debiopharm) and Biocartis announced a worldwide exclusive, royalty-bearing license for the late-stage development and commercialization of SeptiCyte® Triage - a multiplex gene expression assay for use in Emergency and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) or upon hospital admission to diagnose sepsis early, differentiate sepsis from other forms of inflammation, and determine sepsis...
IRVINE, Calif., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that a follow-up analysis appearing in the Spring-Summer 2012 issue of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation newsletter demonstrated that implementing Masimo SET Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry and the Masimo Patient SafetyNet((TM)) remote monitoring and clinician notification system in all post-surgical, general floor units at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center resulted...
Sleep Restfully, Inc. announced today the kick off of their annual CPAP machine sale. This once a year event will run from June 18, 2012 through July 15, 2012. Never before has an Auto CPAP machine from a name brand manufacture been offered at this exceptional price. Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 15, 2012 In a continuing effort to provide the finest sleep therapy and oxygen therapy equipment at the lowest possible price, Sleep Restfully, Inc is pleased to announce the start of their annual...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- When Maria Ross' husband found his healthy and active wife unconscious on the bathroom floor, the pair had no idea they would embark on a journey into the world of brain injury, learning more about how trauma affects the brain - and your identity - than they ever cared to know. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120615/CG25368) Ross, an entrepreneurial branding consultant, speaker and writer, nearly died in 2008 at age...
IRVINE, Calif., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that Henry Schein Medical, the Medical business of Henry Schein, Inc., (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, will distribute the new Pronto-7(TM) - a palm-sized handheld device designed for quick and easy noninvasive spot-checking of total hemoglobin (SpHb®), SpO2, pulse rate, and perfusion index. (Photo:...
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICU Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICUI) announced today that a clinical case study prepared by clinicians from Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I. showed that a collaboratively-developed custom IV system featuring the MicroClave® needlefree neutral displacement connector helped reduce NICU infection rates and medication errors, while also addressing recent FDA concerns regarding the safety of positive displacement needlefree...
Study of 779 patients with sleep apnea sees improvement for all, even those failing to use positive airway pressure as prescribed Patients seen at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center who used positive airway pressure (PAP) to treat their obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) had improvements in their depressive symptoms, even if they followed the prescribed PAP regimen only partly, a new study reports. The study looked at 779 patients with OSA and asked them to fill out a standardized...
Latest Intensive care medicine Reference Libraries
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...
