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Hyperfine and Yale School of Medicine team up to pioneer the use of world's first portable MRI system

Hyperfine Research Inc. announced today its collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine to pioneer the use of the world's first portable, low-cost magnetic resonance imaging system at the bedside of patients in the neuro intensive care unit of Yale New Haven Hospital. Hyperfine's system can move directly to the bedside, plug into a wall outlet, and operate in any healthcare setting.

14 Oct 2019

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital earns Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is one of only two Michigan hospitals to earn a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States.

4 Oct 2019

Major global health initiative could save hundreds of thousands of babies in Africa

Hundreds of thousands of babies could be saved through a major global health initiative launched here today to improve newborn hospital care throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

4 Oct 2019

Potentially preventable ICU admissions could reduce costs, improve care

Many admissions to the intensive care unit may be preventable, potentially decreasing health care costs and improving care, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

4 Oct 2019

Clinical trial explores effect of whole-body cooling in comatose patients after cardiac arrest

While body temperature cooling is not a new treatment tactic for patients who experience cardiac arrest, a new clinical trial hopes to better understand the optimal amount of time for targeted temperature management.

4 Oct 2019

Fewer than half of U.S. adults get annual flu shot, shows study

So far this calendar year, 1,243 people scattered around 31 states had confirmed measles, the highest number of measles cases reported in the U.S.

3 Oct 2019

Vitamin C improves survival rate in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

The body’s immune system works by protecting against disease and potentially damaging foreign bodies. In some instances, it may become impaired, leading to overreaction to infection.

1 Oct 2019

ICU nurses' moral distress levels differ based on perceived use of palliative care

Critical care nurses may be less likely to experience moral distress when they feel that patients' palliative care needs are being met, according to new research in the October issue of Critical Care Nurse.

1 Oct 2019

Research: Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm healthy gut microbiota in ICU patients

Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm the healthy gut microbiota in intensive care patients, research has found.

1 Oct 2019

Characteristics of lung injuries associated with vaping

New research looks at the lung injuries caused by vaping or e-cigarette use. The report suggests that Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, could be the main culprit behind this lung damage.

30 Sep 2019

Baylor Scott & White opens newest full-service hospital in Buda

Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas, opened its newest full-service hospital. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Buda, the System's first medical center in Hays County, is located at 5330 Overpass Road and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

30 Sep 2019

Washing machine could be a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens

For the first time ever, investigators have identified a washing machine as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens. The pathogens, a single clone of Klebsiella oxytoca, were transmitted repeatedly to newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit at a German children's hospital.

27 Sep 2019

Research findings open the way for more heart donations

There is a risk of every fourth heart examined for possible donation being dismissed as unusable due to stress-induced heart failure.

26 Sep 2019

Study into skin collection of blood chemistry from babies aims to replace invasive blood tests

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are researching a system to measure and monitor blood chemistry levels in premature and sick babies through their skin, which if successful, could eventually replace the need for invasive blood tests.

25 Sep 2019

Meet the health officials who alerted the world to the alarming vaping illness

Dr. Lynn D'Andrea knew something was amiss when three teenagers with similar mysterious, dangerous lung injuries came into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin one after another, gasping for air.

25 Sep 2019

Study: ER visits increase when children have asthma along with anxiety, depression

Children with asthma have a higher likelihood of also suffering from anxiety and depression, and when all three conditions are present, patients are almost twice as likely as those with asthma alone to seek care in the Emergency Room.

25 Sep 2019

Scans show vaping teen’s lungs blocked with solidified oil

Vaping has been tied to many cases of severe lung disease, and some of the suspected cases have died. Doctors and health experts are looking for the exact cause of the illness, and now a new finding emerged, hinting that vaping could lead to deposits of what looked like oil in the lung

23 Sep 2019

SCAI's new shock classification scheme used to analyze patients in cardiac intensive care unit

A new shock classification scheme released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons was recently applied in a retrospective study analyzing patients in the cardiac intensive care unit at the Mayo Clinic.

20 Sep 2019

How cruise ship passengers should prepare for sickness or injury at sea

Royal Caribbean's gargantuan Oasis of the Seas boasts four outdoor pools and an 82-foot zip line and made quite a splash shortly after its 2014 refurbishment when it added the first Tiffany & Co boutique at sea.

20 Sep 2019

Early palliative care linked to better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

Early palliative care is associated with better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, according to a study by VA Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health and Science University researchers.

19 Sep 2019

Intensive Care News and Research

Hyperfine and Yale School of Medicine team up to pioneer the use of world's first portable MRI system

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital earns Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification

Major global health initiative could save hundreds of thousands of babies in Africa

Potentially preventable ICU admissions could reduce costs, improve care

Clinical trial explores effect of whole-body cooling in comatose patients after cardiac arrest

Fewer than half of U.S. adults get annual flu shot, shows study

Vitamin C improves survival rate in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

ICU nurses' moral distress levels differ based on perceived use of palliative care

Research: Potentially harmful microbes overwhelm healthy gut microbiota in ICU patients

Characteristics of lung injuries associated with vaping

Baylor Scott & White opens newest full-service hospital in Buda

Washing machine could be a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens

Research findings open the way for more heart donations

Study into skin collection of blood chemistry from babies aims to replace invasive blood tests

Meet the health officials who alerted the world to the alarming vaping illness

Study: ER visits increase when children have asthma along with anxiety, depression

Scans show vaping teen’s lungs blocked with solidified oil

SCAI's new shock classification scheme used to analyze patients in cardiac intensive care unit

How cruise ship passengers should prepare for sickness or injury at sea

Early palliative care linked to better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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