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Sphingotec's penKid is a reliable marker for detection and monitoring of acute kidney injury

Diagnostics company SphingoTec GmbH today reported on the publication of novel study results of its proprietary kidney function biomarker penKid® in BMC Emergency Medicine.

21 Dec 2019

Proportion of powerful painkiller poisonings among children has increased, shows study

The proportion of high-strength painkiller poisonings among children which result in emergency hospital admissions has increased, according to research published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Toxicology.

20 Dec 2019

Worse long-term control of blood sugar increases risks in diabetic trauma patients

In trauma patients with diabetes, poorer long-term control of blood glucose levels is linked to a higher risk of death and trauma-related complications, reports a study in SHOCK: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches, Official Journal of the Shock Society.

18 Dec 2019

U-M receives $20 million gift to support research and development of life-saving therapies

The University of Michigan has received a $20 million gift from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to support the research and development of life-saving therapies at Michigan Medicine in collaboration with other institutions.

18 Dec 2019

New method of feeding tube insertion may offer improved patient safety, cost savings

A team of clinician researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute have partnered with medical device company CoapTech LLC to study a new method of feeding tube insertion.

16 Dec 2019

Analysis: In medical billing, fraudulent charges weirdly pass as legal

Much of what we accept as legal in medical billing would be regarded as fraud in any other sector.

16 Dec 2019

In the fight for money for the opioid crisis, will the youngest victims be left out?

Babies born to mothers who used opioids during pregnancy represent one of the most distressing legacies of an opioid epidemic that has claimed almost 400,000 lives and ravaged communities.

13 Dec 2019

Medications prescribed to children with chronic kidney disease may harm their kidneys

An analysis of records from primary care practices in the United Kingdom found that many children with kidney disease are prescribed medications that may be toxic to their kidneys.

13 Dec 2019

Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital receives new grant to support "Paws & Play" program

Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital announced today that PetSmart Charities has offered a gift of $75,000 to extend the tenure of Professor Bunsen Honeydew the hospital's first of three facility dogs, through October 2020.

12 Dec 2019

Battling the bullets from the operating room to the community

Dr. Laurie Punch plunged her gloved hands into Sidney Taylor's open chest in a hospital’s operating room here, pushing on his heart to make it pump again after a bullet had torn through his flesh, collarbone and lung. His pulse had faded to nothing. She needed to get his heart beating.

12 Dec 2019

'Fuzzy logic' alarm system may help nurses in NICU predict impending catheter infusion failure

A "fuzzy logic" alarm system may help nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit predict impending catheter infusion failure – and prevent complications in critically ill newborns, reports a study in the October issue of Advances in Neonatal Care, official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses.

11 Dec 2019

Fresh red blood cell transfusions are no more beneficial than older ones to critically ill children

A new study led by the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre and the University of Montreal, along with the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has found that transfusions using fresh red blood cells--cells that have spent seven days or less in storage--are no more beneficial than older red blood cells in reducing the risk of organ failure or death in critically ill children.

10 Dec 2019

Mitochondrial dysfunction may underlie prolonged muscle weakness after sepsis

Damage to energy-producing mitochondria may underlie prolonged muscle weakness following a sepsis-like condition in mice, according to a new study published today in eLife.

10 Dec 2019

Water births are safe and cause fewer first and second-degree tears, shows study

A new study found that water births are no more risky than land births, and that women in the water group sustain fewer first and second-degree tears.

10 Dec 2019

Malaysia announces first case of polio in the country for 27 years

Malaysia health officials have reported the first case of polio in the country for 27 years.

9 Dec 2019

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

Most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium are unable to reliably and consistently monitor caloric intake delivered to critically ill infants at risk for growth failure, according to a study published in the Journal of Perinatology.

9 Dec 2019

Focus on treating just the heart jeopardizes health of elderly in cardiac intensive care units

Medical professionals have announced the need to change treatment of elderly patients in cardiac intensive care units.

9 Dec 2019

Treating the whole patient essential for older people with cardiovascular disease

Geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairments may inadvertently worsen when older patients are treated in cardiac intensive care units - even as they receive excellent care for their heart attack, heart failure, valvular heart disease or pulmonary embolism, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's premier journal Circulation.

9 Dec 2019

New tool can rapidly reveal unintended changes made by CRISPR-directed gene editing

Amidst rising hopes for using CRISPR gene editing tools to repair deadly mutations linked to conditions like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease, a new study in the Nature journal Communications Biology describes a new innovation that could accelerate this work by rapidly revealing unintended and potentially harmful changes introduced by a gene editing process.

6 Dec 2019

Incentive-based smoking cessation interventions significantly reduce infant morbidity

Colorado is taking a critical step to protect low-income women during their pregnancy through incentive-based smoking cessation interventions. A new study from the Colorado School of Public Health at the Anschutz Medical Campus shows a significant reduction in infant morbidity due to the program.

6 Dec 2019

Intensive Care News and Research

Sphingotec's penKid is a reliable marker for detection and monitoring of acute kidney injury

Proportion of powerful painkiller poisonings among children has increased, shows study

Worse long-term control of blood sugar increases risks in diabetic trauma patients

U-M receives $20 million gift to support research and development of life-saving therapies

New method of feeding tube insertion may offer improved patient safety, cost savings

Analysis: In medical billing, fraudulent charges weirdly pass as legal

In the fight for money for the opioid crisis, will the youngest victims be left out?

Medications prescribed to children with chronic kidney disease may harm their kidneys

Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital receives new grant to support "Paws & Play" program

Battling the bullets from the operating room to the community

'Fuzzy logic' alarm system may help nurses in NICU predict impending catheter infusion failure

Fresh red blood cell transfusions are no more beneficial than older ones to critically ill children

Mitochondrial dysfunction may underlie prolonged muscle weakness after sepsis

Water births are safe and cause fewer first and second-degree tears, shows study

Malaysia announces first case of polio in the country for 27 years

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

Focus on treating just the heart jeopardizes health of elderly in cardiac intensive care units

Treating the whole patient essential for older people with cardiovascular disease

New tool can rapidly reveal unintended changes made by CRISPR-directed gene editing

Incentive-based smoking cessation interventions significantly reduce infant morbidity

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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