Partial Liquid Breathing Improves Lung Function, Chances of Survival in Sick Preemies
...y dysplasia. Two patients died of non-respiratory complications of prematurity. Clinical trials using PLV to treat children and adults with severe respiratory distress syndrome are now under way and results are promising, Leach said....It Matters Where, In America, You Suffer A Heart Attack
...for acute heart attack patients without increasing complications or bad outcomes. Minimizing costs in the short-run may result in increased costs later on follow-up. "Managed care and other health care payers often focus on short-term big-ticket costs like those related to the use of cardiac catheterization an..."Super Aspirin" Holds Long-Term Benefits For Some Patients Who Undergo Balloon Angioplasty
...tes for nonsurgical coronary revascularization, complications following balloon angioplasty remain an important problem associated with mortality. An intravenous "super aspirin" called abciximab (ReoPro™, Centocor, Inc., Malvern, PA) administered in the catheterization laboratory before an ...Should Drugs Be Used In The Treatment Of Obesity: A Point-Counterpoint Discussion
...ven modest drug induced weight loss reducesobesity complications (hypertension, coronary disease,diabetes), while Hirsch argues for a moratorium until drugscan be better targeted to specific causes of obesity yet tobe defined.To see a full text version of this article, please click here to view the PDF....Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
...trials found that lowdoses of aspirin could reduce complications of preeclampsia. In response tothese early studi...wed that the aspirin treatment had noeffect on the complications of preeclampsia: the incidence of preterm birth,being small for gestational age, or dying during bir...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...on of responsible physician; Redefine complications so preexisting conditions are accuratelyrepresented; Combine information from all hospital stays for each patient. The researchers argue that doctors and hospitals need to recognize thatthe era of "scorecards" for medical profe......ment. Theresearchers found no increased long-term complications from the addition of thechemotherapy to the radiation. "We are encouraged by these results," Brizel added. "However, it isimportant to remember that many patients still die from this disease. We arecontinuing to try to improve our treatment......appeared to correlate with feweranesthesia-related complications during surgery. Pulse oximetry is anon-invasive monitoring technology that assesses oxygen levels in the blood. With the increasing prevalence of the newer intravenous (IV) conscious sedationtechnique used across clinical settings, MMI began aggressi...... free; that the method was safe,with a low risk of complications and side effects; and that it seemed easier,simpler, or faster. Some participants voiced a political commitment to abortionrights and availability of mifepristone in the United States, while others hadhad a previous bad experience with surgical abor......ted that savings will increase over time, ascostly complications are avoided." The analysis found that hospital admissions decreased 18 percent, from 239 perthousand in the baseline period to 196 per thousand in follow-up. Bed days fell22 percent, from 1,336 days per thousand in the baseline to 1,047 days perthou...Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...hout treatment, type-2 diabetes canlead to serious complications including heart disease, stroke, nerve disease,vision problems and kidney failure. Lifestyle changes (such as dietary changesand increasing exercise) and oral medications prove effective in controllingdiabetes for most people. "Family planning is ext...Drug Reduces Heart Attack, Death Rates In Patients With Unstable Angina
...The drug Eptifibatide, originally tested to reduce complications duringand after angioplasty, was studied in the present trial on 10,948 patients in 27countries to confirm its benefits in patients with unstable angina. Researcherssaid the drug works by inhibiting the receptor that causes platelets to bindtogether ......ents into categories like vaginal delivery without complications or simplepneumonia and pleurisy age greater than 17. "DRGs convert the patient to an object and the body into a collection oforgans and systems," says Dirsmith, the Penn State researcher. This classification system converts medicine ...Changes In Care Lower Costs Of Surgery To Prevent Stroke
...ty of patient care, as isproven by the decrease in complications associated with strokes in the study,"says Liliana... a strokeor blocked blood vessels, generally fewer complications occur and the hospitalstay is shorter, resulting in lower costs, says Smurawska. More than half the...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...s, fewer medical problems or fewerhospital-related complications than their higher-risk counterparts. Daviglus said the results of the study underscore the soundness of anational health policy that emphasizes primary prevention and control of allthree major risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- adver...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...sure tomedical malpractice because of injuries and complications workers and theirfamilies may experience when managed care firms deny access to cost-ineffectivebut potentially beneficial health services." With colleague David Burchfield, assistant professor of health care financialmanagement at Cornell, Battistel...Liver Rejection Can Be Managed Long-Term In Children Switched To Tacrolimus
Children suffering from organ rejection or complications of their anti-rejectiondrugs can be successfully converted to tacrolimus with long-term benefits,according to a study of 85 liver transplant patients who were switched fromcyclosporine to tacrolimus between 1989 and 1994. Children with acute rejecti...Hospital Stays Longer Than Three Days For 'Simple' Heart Attacks May Not Be Cost Effective
...nit after 24 hours. In patients without complications through 72 hours, the estimated costof extending a...ly the 16 projected patients who would have mortal complications aftera three-day hospital stay.......one-third in otherwise healthy patients, andreduce complications from influenza by 71 per cent in high risk patient...lacebo, patients taking zanamivir experiencedfewer complications (9 per cent less, p=0.037) and returned to their normalactivities faster (1.75 days faster, p=0.023)...Painful Births For Babies Could Lead To Violent Suicide In Adulthood
...ide were more likely to have been exposed to birth complications and were subjected to twice as many interventions at birth than their siblings. They also found that the mothers of these babies were, on average, given fewer painkillers. The authors conclude that obstetric procedures should be chosen to minimise...