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University students provide 999 first-responder services for local community

Passionate medical and allied health professional students are taking their skills to the community in a life-saving initiative they are leading in Leicester City Centre.

15 Mar 2018

New guidelines intend to provide template for optimal, most up-to-date DMD care

Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy - one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects males - live into their 30s and beyond, raising challenges in such areas as education, vocation, levels of independence, personal relationships, emotional health, and intimacy.

13 Mar 2018

Study findings formalize clinical quality indicators for emergency care in Africa

The need for emergency care in low-income and middle-income countries has never been greater, but until now, measurable indicators for providing this care have been lacking. A study conducted by the sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in collaboration with the African Federation of Emergency Medicine fills this gap, identifying 76 quality indicators for emergency care for use in critical care facilities in Africa.

13 Mar 2018

Researchers show role for predictive biomarker in neonatal chronic lung disease pathogenesis

Extremely low birth-weight babies are at risk for a chronic lung disease called bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD.

9 Mar 2018

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

Surviving a critical illness is no small feat, but it's only half the battle for many patients. Serious complications can still result after an illness appears to have cleared.

8 Mar 2018

New study examines origin of cryptococcosis within the central nervous system

A particular fungal infection is responsible for more than 220,000 cases of cryptococcosis worldwide each year in people with HIV and AIDS, with nearly 181,000 of those resulting in death.

8 Mar 2018

Researchers reveal new molecular target to help ease asthma symptoms

Researchers at UC Davis Health and Albany Medical College have shown that the protein vascular endothelial growth factor A -- or VEGFA -- plays a major role in the inflammation and airway obstruction associated with asthma.

7 Mar 2018

Survival of transplant candidates found to be better than predicted by BODE score

COPD remains the leading indication for lung transplantation worldwide and accounts for one third of all lung transplants performed.

7 Mar 2018

Maternal smoking during pregnancy contributes to asthma severity and poor lung function in kids

A new study published in the journal CHEST highlights the burden of obstructive lung disease in US children and implicates tobacco smoke exposure through maternal smoking during pregnancy as more strongly associated with worse lung function than current, ongoing TSE in school-aged children with asthma.

5 Mar 2018

Never too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly

At 87, Maxine Stanich cared more about improving the quality of her life than prolonging it. She suffered from a long list of health problems, including heart failure and chronic lung disease that could leave her gasping for breath.

28 Feb 2018

Concerns raised about saline in intravenous fluid

A new set of studies has explored the saline used in intravenous fluids in hospitals and found that they may not be as safe as earlier believed. These two large studies have found that the presently used concentration of saline leads to an increased risk of kidney damage and death and replacing them with an alternate fluid could reduce the deaths by 50,000 to 70,000 and reduce the number of kidney failures by 100,000 annually in the United States.

27 Feb 2018

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

Commonly used ICU risk scores can be "repurposed" as continuous markers of severity of illness in critically ill patients--providing ongoing updates on changes in the patient's condition and risk of death, according to a study in the March issue of Critical Care Medicine, official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

27 Feb 2018

Carnegie Mellon to help develop novel camera that peers deep beneath the skin

$Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients$

Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients

A study published in the February journal CHEST suggests long-term inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD may increase risk of bone fractures in both men and women.

5 Feb 2018

Critical Care News and Research

University students provide 999 first-responder services for local community

New guidelines intend to provide template for optimal, most up-to-date DMD care

Study findings formalize clinical quality indicators for emergency care in Africa

Researchers show role for predictive biomarker in neonatal chronic lung disease pathogenesis

Study seeks to examine whether gut bacteria cause brain dysfunction in sepsis patients

New study examines origin of cryptococcosis within the central nervous system

Researchers reveal new molecular target to help ease asthma symptoms

Survival of transplant candidates found to be better than predicted by BODE score

Maternal smoking during pregnancy contributes to asthma severity and poor lung function in kids

Never too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly

Concerns raised about saline in intravenous fluid

ICU risk scores can be repurposed as continuous markers of illness severity

Carnegie Mellon to help develop novel camera that peers deep beneath the skin

New recommendations to help healthcare professionals manage in-flight medical emergencies

Non-adherence to sleep apnea treatment linked to increased hospital readmissions

Scientists uncover how newly discovered gene helps grow blood vessels

Study provides new insights on why healthy children die from flu

Women exposed to cleaning products suffer decreased lung function, finds study

FUJIFILM SonoSite donates point-of-care ultrasound to support relief efforts in Iraq

Long-term ICS exposure linked to increased risk of bone fractures in COPD patients

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