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Twelve investigators from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and four researchers from the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine attended and participated in the 36th Annual Conference on Shock on June 1-4 in San Diego, CA.; Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president of the Feinstein Institute, provided the keynote address, and Ping Wang, MD, served as the meeting’s program chair. MANHASSET, NY (PRWEB) June 05, 2013 Twelve investigators from The Feinstein Institute for Medical...

Results from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial in East Africa show that children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular collapse at 48 hours. These findings in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine challenge the generally held idea that early and rapid reversal of shock by fluid resuscitation translates into longer-term survival benefits. The FEAST trial was conducted in six African hospitals across Kenya,...

Research suggests that there may be a better way of measuring blood loss due to trauma than the current method, finds an article in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. The study shows that base deficit (BD) is a better indicator of hypovolemic shock than the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification, which uses a combination of heart rate, systolic blood pressure and the Glasgow Coma Scale. Using data from the TraumaRegister DGU® 16,305 patients injured between...

BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix (service-solutions.tektronix.com), the industry's leading multi-vendor service (MVS) provider of instrument calibration and repair, announced that it has added a new Vibration Test System and Hastest Sand and Dust Chamber to their Wayne, NJ Product Test Laboratory. The chamber is designed to meet the requirements of MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-202, and RTCA/DO-160. Additionally, test parameters for wind speed, sand or dust...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westpak, Inc., a world class ISO 17025 accredited environmental test laboratory with 2 facilities in California, announced the beginning of a planned 2000 sq. ft. laboratory facility devoted exclusively to Electro-dynamic (ED) vibration testing. The new sound-enclosed facility, when completed, will house up to 12 ED shaker systems with capacities of 500kgf (1200 lbf) to 3300kgf (10,000 lbf). Frequency ranges of 1Hz to 5 KHz with sine,...

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) announced today the upcoming launch of a multi-platform marketing campaign for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (NBCF). The campaign runs throughout October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is designed to raise brand awareness, as well as encourage consumers to take advantage of NBCF's Early Detection Plan ® and promote Beyond the Shock ®, NBCF's comprehensive online guide to...

WALLINGFORD, Conn., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study has found the use of gauze that includes the hemostatic agent kaolin to be 100% effective in stopping traumatic bleeding by second application in a model of simulated hemorrhagic shock. In the study, treatment with QuikClot Combat Gauze®, a specially engineered surgical gauze impregnated with kaolin, successfully stopped bleeding in extreme physiologic conditions normally associated with a significant risk of fatality....

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westpak announces expanded mechanical testing services including testing used to simulate transportation and wind induced vibration. Vibration, environmental, and mechanical impact tests can be utilized to evaluate both products and packaging to established ASTM and ISTA test protocols for distribution testing. Within the last month Westpak brought into service a Horizontal Impact Test System (HITS) which simulates horizontal shock events...

SAN DIEGO, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangart, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing targeted rescue therapies for patients in acute ischemic crisis, today announced that it recently received $50 million in additional equity funding from existing investor, Leucadia National Corporation. This funding was made upon the exercise of Series G preferred stock warrants previously held by Leucadia and brings the total funding raised by the...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been an effective yet controversial tool to treat severe depression for more than 70 years, and now Scottish researchers for the first time say they have discovered why the procedure often works the way it does. ECT works by altering how different parts of the brain involved in depression communicate with each other. The University of Aberdeen and University of Dundee researchers, reporting in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...