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Intraluminal protection device outperforms negative-pressure split septum IV connector

An IV connector known as an intraluminal protection device (IPD) outperformed a negative-pressure split septum IV connector, in a prospective clinical study that compared the occlusion rates of two IV connectors.

3 Aug 2012

Health care systems explain why they did not participate in CMMS ACO program

Many health care systems across the US have declined to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMMS) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program, developed under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to improve efficiency and quality of health care delivery.

3 Aug 2012

Researchers report one-third cut in the rate of lethal SSIs after colorectal operations

A patient safety team including researchers in the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality reported a one-third cut in the rate of costly and potentially lethal surgical site infections (SSIs) following colorectal operations after requiring use of a simple safety checklist and urging caregivers to speak up if they see potentially unsafe practices.

2 Aug 2012

Fifth link to complete chain for cardiac arrest care?

Adding a fifth link to the “Chain of Survival” concept for management of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest significantly improves their survival and positive neurologic outcome chances, a study suggests.

31 Jul 2012

MEDNAX acquires Loudoun Anesthesia Associates

MEDNAX, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Loudoun Anesthesia Associates, a physician group practice that provides anesthesia services at Inova Loudoun Hospital and Inova Loudoun Ambulatory Surgery Center in Leesburg, Va.

31 Jul 2012

'Fifth link' associated with increase in survival rate among survivors of sudden cardiac arrest

Fewer sudden cardiac arrest survivors had neurologic impairment after a novel regional system of care was implemented, according to research published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.

31 Jul 2012

A touch may go a long way for preterm babies

Therapeutic touch may have a protective effect on the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow in preterm neonates in response to pain, report researchers.

30 Jul 2012

Grant provides funding for i.v.STATION Robot at Mangiagalli Clinic

Health Robotics today announced that i.v.STATION and Mangiagalli's Clinic won a national grant from the Vodafone Foundation, as selected by Vodafone customers' votes from a group of potential projects, all of which were focused on children's welfare.

30 Jul 2012

MEDNAX acquires Anesthesia Medical Alliance of East Tennessee

MEDNAX, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Anesthesia Medical Alliance of East Tennessee a physician group practice based in Knoxville, Tenn. that provides anesthesia services at 16 practice locations throughout the East Tennessee region.

30 Jul 2012

Scientists decipher molecular causes of life-threatening candida fungal infections

With infectious diseases, it is often not the pathogen itself, but rather an excessive inflammatory immune responses death, for instance as a result of organ damage. On intensive care units, sepsis is the second-most common cause of death worldwide. In patients with a severely compromised immune system specially, life-threatening candida fungal infections represent a high risk of sepsis.

30 Jul 2012

Research roundup: Slowdown in medical imaging; Hospitals' efforts mixed on reducing readmissions

Recent research showed a slowdown in the use of medical imaging for people enrolled in Medicare. This article follows up and finds that annual imaging growth slowed down from an average of 14 percent between 2000 and 2005 to 2.6 percent between 2006 and 2009. An analysis of commercial insurance claims shows a similar trend outside of Medicare. Based on

28 Jul 2012

Discrepancies in ICU use identified

An analysis of intensive care unit use in the USA reveals that many patients admitted to this specialist department are at low risk for mortality, while more than half of patients with a high mortality risk are admitted to other departments.

27 Jul 2012

‘Narrow therapeutic window’ for oxygen in brain injury

Hyperoxia, as well as hypoxia, early after hospital admission is associated with poor outcomes and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury, report researchers in the Archives of Surgery.

27 Jul 2012

Studies look at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia

Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar.

26 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: Aurora shootings show need for more aggressive psych treatment; Venture capitalist says health exchanges can curb costs

Looking at guns, looking at video games -; that's starting from the wrong perspective. People who commit spree killings are usually suffering from severe mental disorders. The response, and the way to prevent future episodes, has to start with psychiatry, too. The best way to prevent killing sprees is with relationships -; when one person notices that a relative or neighbor is going off the rails and gets that person treatment before the barbarism takes control. But there also has to be a more aggressive system of treatment options, especially for men in their 20s.

25 Jul 2012

Premature babies more likely to survive in high-level NICUs than previously reported

Premature babies are more likely to survive when they are born in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in hospitals without such facilities, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported.

24 Jul 2012

Placenta underlies reduced fetal movement

Poor perinatal outcome after the maternal perception of reduced fetal movement is linked to factors associated with placental dysfunction, say experts.

23 Jul 2012

uniQure receives positive recommendation from EMA CHMP for Glybera

uniQure announced today that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion that recommends marketing authorization of Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) as a treatment for lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) under exceptional circumstances.

21 Jul 2012

Alcohol abuse spills over into critical care resources

A quarter of patients admitted to intensive care units in Scotland have alcohol problems, while a fifth have chronic alcohol disease, a survey finds.

20 Jul 2012

Low serum albumin associated with higher risk of graft failure in pediatric kidney transplants

For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition present in about one in four recipients is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft's later failure, suggesting that clinicians should weigh whether transplant is advisable when the condition is present, according to UC Davis research presented today at the 24th International Congress of the Transplantation Society in Berlin.

20 Jul 2012

Intensive Care News and Research

Intraluminal protection device outperforms negative-pressure split septum IV connector

Health care systems explain why they did not participate in CMMS ACO program

Researchers report one-third cut in the rate of lethal SSIs after colorectal operations

Fifth link to complete chain for cardiac arrest care?

MEDNAX acquires Loudoun Anesthesia Associates

'Fifth link' associated with increase in survival rate among survivors of sudden cardiac arrest

A touch may go a long way for preterm babies

Grant provides funding for i.v.STATION Robot at Mangiagalli Clinic

MEDNAX acquires Anesthesia Medical Alliance of East Tennessee

Scientists decipher molecular causes of life-threatening candida fungal infections

Research roundup: Slowdown in medical imaging; Hospitals' efforts mixed on reducing readmissions

Discrepancies in ICU use identified

‘Narrow therapeutic window’ for oxygen in brain injury

Studies look at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia

Viewpoints: Aurora shootings show need for more aggressive psych treatment; Venture capitalist says health exchanges can curb costs

Premature babies more likely to survive in high-level NICUs than previously reported

Placenta underlies reduced fetal movement

uniQure receives positive recommendation from EMA CHMP for Glybera

Alcohol abuse spills over into critical care resources

Low serum albumin associated with higher risk of graft failure in pediatric kidney transplants

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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