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Trial examines prehospital administration of blood-clotting agent in severely injured trauma patients

Severely injured trauma patients who received a blood-clotting drug before arriving at the hospital had a better chance of surviving than those who didn't, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

5 Oct 2020

Marrowquant can quantify multiple bone components in histological images

The bone marrow is the soft tissue inside our bones. Its main role is to produce stem cells that will go on to become various cells of the blood, including white blood cells that fight infections, red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body, and platelets that control bleeding.

28 Sep 2020

3D-printed alternative performs as well as the standard nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

As COVID-19 quickly spread worldwide this spring, shortages of supplies, including the nasopharyngeal (nasal) swabs used to collect viral samples, limited diagnostic testing.

25 Sep 2020

Providing personalized care for bleeding disorders

An interview with Dr. Carmen Escuriola-Ettingshausen MD, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany on providing personalized care for bleeding disorders.

From Takeda 21 Sep 2020

Providing personalized care for bleeding disorders

An interview with Dr. Carmen Escuriola-Ettingshausen MD, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany on providing personalized care for bleeding disorders.

From Takeda 21 Sep 2020

Strong causative link between smoking and bleeding in the brain

A decade ago, in a Nordic Twin Cohort study involving 79,664 twins from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, researchers looked at risk factors of SAH other than genes.

17 Sep 2020

Potential sea animal reservoirs for coronaviruses?

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused, yet again, intense research interest on coronaviruses, due to the high toll the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has taken on human life, health, economic well-being, and social activity. A recent paper published on the server Preprints in September 2020 reviews what is known about this viral infection in water life.

13 Sep 2020

Exploring alternative diagnosis options for women with deep infiltrating endometriosis

Jasmin Teurlings is one of 176 million women worldwide who have endometriosis, a chronic, painful gynaecological condition that affects nearly three times as many women as breast cancer.

7 Sep 2020

D-dimer - A sensitive novel biomarker of COVID-19 mortality

Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* reports the use of D-dimer in predicting the risk of mortality in COVID-19.

7 Sep 2020

Study shows why coronavirus is more dangerous in people with comorbidities

Why is the COVID-19 virus more dangerous in people with comorbidities?. Sadis Matalon, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues in Texas and San Francisco asked that question in a hypothesis paper published online in Physiological Reviews on March 27.

3 Sep 2020

Educational mailing for atrial fibrillation patients fails to increase uptake of stroke prevention drugs

An educational mailing for atrial fibrillation patients and their clinicians did not increase uptake of stroke prevention drugs, according to results of the IMPACT-AFib trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020.

1 Sep 2020

Restrictive blood transfusion strategy has no negative impact on anemic heart attack patients

Restricting blood transfusion in anemic heart attack patients to those with very low hemoglobin levels saves blood with no negative impact on clinical outcomes.

1 Sep 2020

Low dose colchicine significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular death

An Australian-Dutch trial led by Perth GenesisCare cardiologists, Professor Peter Thompson and Dr Mark Nidorf, in collaboration with the Dutch Network for Cardiovascular Research (WCN) in the Netherlands, confirmed that low dose colchicine was safe, well-tolerated over the long-term, and significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and ischemic stroke in patients with chronic coronary disease.

1 Sep 2020

Low dose colchicine significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular death

An Australian-Dutch trial led by Perth GenesisCare cardiologists, Professor Peter Thompson and Dr Mark Nidorf,

1 Sep 2020

Wearable device may more accurately assess the effects of hemorrhage blood loss

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs), military medics, and emergency room physicians could one day be better able to treat victims of vehicular accidents, gunshot wounds, and battlefield injuries thanks to a new device under development that may more accurately assess the effects of blood loss due to hemorrhage.

31 Aug 2020

Hestia criteria, sPESI score can be used to select pulmonary embolism patients for outpatient care

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism can be selected for home management using the sPESI score or the Hestia criteria, according to results of the HOME-PE trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020.

31 Aug 2020

Study shows best antiplatelet treatment after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

The POPular TAVI trial has challenged current guideline recommendations on antiplatelet treatment after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients not taking oral anticoagulation. The findings are presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020.

31 Aug 2020

Bleeding News and Research

Trial examines prehospital administration of blood-clotting agent in severely injured trauma patients

Marrowquant can quantify multiple bone components in histological images

3D-printed alternative performs as well as the standard nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

Providing personalized care for bleeding disorders

Providing personalized care for bleeding disorders

Strong causative link between smoking and bleeding in the brain

Potential sea animal reservoirs for coronaviruses?

Exploring alternative diagnosis options for women with deep infiltrating endometriosis

D-dimer - A sensitive novel biomarker of COVID-19 mortality

Study shows why coronavirus is more dangerous in people with comorbidities

Educational mailing for atrial fibrillation patients fails to increase uptake of stroke prevention drugs

Restrictive blood transfusion strategy has no negative impact on anemic heart attack patients

Low dose colchicine significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular death

Low dose colchicine significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular death

Wearable device may more accurately assess the effects of hemorrhage blood loss

Hestia criteria, sPESI score can be used to select pulmonary embolism patients for outpatient care

Study shows best antiplatelet treatment after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

ESC and EACTS develop guidelines for diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation

New guidelines cover leisure exercise and competitive sports for people with heart disease

Serum protein shows therapeutic value against severe COVID-19-like features in mouse model

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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