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Smoking cessation prior surgery not linked to increased risk of postoperative complications

A meta-analysis of nine previous studies found that quitting smoking shortly before surgery was not associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications, according to a report published online today that will appear in the July 11 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

15 Mar 2011

Gamida to distribute Health Robotics' CytoCare, i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT technologies in Israel

Health Robotics today announced that it recently signed an exclusive distribution agreement for its CytoCare, i.v.STATION, and i.v.SOFT world-leading technologies with Israel-based medical technology leader Gamida MedEquip Ltd.

14 Mar 2011

Hospice care often provides benefits for survivors, too

A pair of Chicago Sun-Times stories outline new research findings regarding hospice care. Meanwhile, an Arizona lawmaker pushes to restore hospice care to the category of Medicaid-covered services, arguing that the care is not only better, but more cost-effective.

14 Mar 2011

Canon Digital Radiography Systems installed across multiple hospitals in Mexico

Broadening the Company's international reach, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the installation of 178 digital radiography systems integrated with Canon brand CXDI-50G and CXDI-55G Digital Radiography Systems in various hospitals throughout Mexico through its local distributors, including Casa Plarre S.A. de C.V., helping to reaffirm Canon's commitment to provide quality medical equipment to help facilitate better patient care.

14 Mar 2011

Research Roundup: Mass. medical bankruptcies; Palliative care teams work; Innovative health IT

The theme for the current issue of Health Affairs Is "Profiles of Innovation in Health Care Delivery."

11 Mar 2011

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

Touro Infirmary implemented Centricity Perinatal in the NICU in December 2010, completing its roll out to all perinatal units, with the goal of providing the most up-to-date and innovative care available. The site chose the scalable system as a key to further customization and to enhance the ability to implement changes quickly as patient care situations evolve.

9 Mar 2011

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

This is a great success for CNSystems. The well-established Austrian high tech company will be presenting its CNAP blood pressure measuring device, as well as, for the first time, evaluation data at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.

9 Mar 2011

Study: Roundworm protein can suppress inflammation in patients with sepsis

Research by the University of Liverpool has found that systemic inflammation caused by sepsis can be suppressed by a protein which occurs naturally in a type of roundworm.

8 Mar 2011

CDC report shows 58% decline in bloodstream infections in U.S. hospital ICUs

A report released yesterday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that central line-associated bloodstream infections declined by 58 percent in U.S. hospital intensive care units.

3 Mar 2011

Breast Health Center receives three-year accreditation from NAPBC

The Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island recently earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

3 Mar 2011

Health care needs to look to aviation industry to improve safety

In a commentary published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a leading patient safety expert argues that failure to integrate new electronic equipment in modern hospital operating rooms and intensive care units results in diagnostic mistakes, failures to identify deteriorating patients, communication errors and inefficient work.

2 Mar 2011

UH Ahuja Medical Center officially opens its doors to patients on March 2

University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center – the first new stand-alone hospital in Cuyahoga County in 30 years –officially opens its doors to patients on March 2.

2 Mar 2011

New report finds 58% drop in CLABSIs in hospital intensive care units

A new report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a significant decrease in certain infections over the past nine years. The report found that central line associated bloodstream infections occurring in hospital intensive care units dropped by 58 percent between 2001 and 2009.

2 Mar 2011

UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

GE Healthcare today announced that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has installed the new CARESCAPE™ Monitor B850, the company's latest advance in bedside patient monitoring, to help enhance clinical decision making in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Deployed in UCH's 50-bed NICU and Neonatal OR, the CARESCAPE Monitor B850 enables access to critical patient information from any bedside monitor anywhere in the unit.

28 Feb 2011

Journal of Clinical Virology publishes positive outcome from CMX001 treatment against AdV infection

Chimerix, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, today announced the publication of the first reported case in which adenovirus infection was successfully eradicated following treatment with its broad-spectrum antiviral drug, CMX001.

25 Feb 2011

Nearly 60,000 newly acquired infections per year in Germany's intensive care units

Infections are among the most frequent complications of a stay in hospital and raise the complication and mortality rates. Calculations based on data from the Hospital Infection Surveillance System (Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System, KISS) showed an incidence of almost 60 000 newly acquired infections per year in intensive care units in Germany.

25 Feb 2011

SPIN program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants

Approximately 50,000 premature babies weighing less than three pounds are born in the United States each year. These fragile newborns need the highest quality nutrition, which is why UC San Diego Health System developed the Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants.

24 Feb 2011

New guidelines recommend routine use of allergy tests to improve quality of care in children

The first guidelines for food allergy in children and young people issued by NICE, National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence, recommend routine use of allergy tests in NHS primary care and community settings to confirm suspected food allergy.

24 Feb 2011

UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

UK HealthCare, the patient care operations of University of Kentucky, will deploy the Allscripts lectronic Health Record and Practice Management solution to help its team of 6,000 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and health care providers enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery.

24 Feb 2011

Tifacogin administration shows no treatment benefit in patients with severe CAP

Use of the blood clot-inhibiting medication tifacogin does not appear to improve outcomes of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, according to a study conducted by researchers from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The drug had shown some potential benefit in the sCAP subgroup of an earlier trial involving sepsis patients.

23 Feb 2011

Intensive Care News and Research

Smoking cessation prior surgery not linked to increased risk of postoperative complications

Gamida to distribute Health Robotics' CytoCare, i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT technologies in Israel

Hospice care often provides benefits for survivors, too

Canon Digital Radiography Systems installed across multiple hospitals in Mexico

Research Roundup: Mass. medical bankruptcies; Palliative care teams work; Innovative health IT

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

Study: Roundworm protein can suppress inflammation in patients with sepsis

CDC report shows 58% decline in bloodstream infections in U.S. hospital ICUs

Breast Health Center receives three-year accreditation from NAPBC

Health care needs to look to aviation industry to improve safety

UH Ahuja Medical Center officially opens its doors to patients on March 2

New report finds 58% drop in CLABSIs in hospital intensive care units

UCH installs GE's CARESCAPE Monitor B850 to enhance clinical decision making in the NICU

Journal of Clinical Virology publishes positive outcome from CMX001 treatment against AdV infection

Nearly 60,000 newly acquired infections per year in Germany's intensive care units

SPIN program to help mothers produce sufficient breast milk for their premature infants

New guidelines recommend routine use of allergy tests to improve quality of care in children

UK HealthCare to deploy Allscripts EHR, Practice Management solution for faculty providers

Tifacogin administration shows no treatment benefit in patients with severe CAP

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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