UPMC begins study of heart support device as a bridge to transplantation
...will help reduce load on the patient's heart while awaiting transplant, improve blood flow and circulation and overall quality of life. In some cases, the patients with earlier model LVADs demonstrated recovery of their own heart. As a result, they were able to be weaned off the LVAD and avoid heart transp...US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
...h. "This could happen while an injured soldier is awaiting treatment or in the hospital during or after receiving medical care." "This observation refutes the concept that the bacterium is acquired prior to injury among soldiers deployed to Iraq," Dr. Griffith says. "In addition, this observation adds t...Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
... survival prognosis of less than 50 percent. While awaiting transplants, they may be candidates for palliative procedures including endoscopic band ligation or portosystemic shunts. Previous studies have revealed widespread racial disparities in disease treatments and outcomes. To determine the influence of...ISHLT membership explores expansion of computer modeling system for organ allocation
...ssues surrounding organ allocation facing patients awaiting transplants. Both will be discussed at its 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, today in Satellite Symposium 9, Continued Evaluation of Heart and Lung Allocation Using Evidence Based Research. Worldwide, patients in need of transplant are ...Implant device effectively maintains heart function for transplant-listed patients
Whether a patient is awaiting a heart transplant or living with chronic heart failure, cardiologists are continuously looking for new therapies that address short-term and/or long-term needs of chronically impaired cardiac patients. Research presented today at the American Colle...MIT brace aids stroke recovery
... training. The robotic therapy device, which is awaiting FDA approval, was tested on stroke patients at MIT's Clinical Research Center and at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. According to the researchers, the results show that "the ability of the device to provide a 'power assist' tomuscle grou...Outcomes for patients with hepatitis B who need liver transplants
...compare clinical outcomes for hepatitis B patients awaiting a liver transplant, whether or not they had HCC. They enrolled 279 patients from the National Institutes of Health-sponsored HBV-OLT study between November 2001 and June 2005. Of these patients 183 had HBV with cirrhosis, and 96 had HBV with HCC. Mos...MIT graduate student wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for life-saving inventions
...thcare, said Balls advisor Professor Hunter. Now awaiting livestock trials, Ball and his colleagues anticipate the needle-free injection technology having applications in animal husbandry. Beyond that, they hope the device may someday be employed for safe, inexpensive, mass inoculation of humans in developi...Does endurance exercise promote life-threatening changes in athletes' hearts?
...e for it in any of them." Although they are still awaiting results of the genetic tests, Prof Heidbchel and his colleagues questioned whether the findings were due to the expression of early ARVC, especially as there was other evidence to support the second explanation. "The hypothesis that high-level endura...Clinical guidelines help identify which children at risk of bacterial meningitis
...spital to receive broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting culture test results. A highly accurate decision ...e hospital to receive parenteral antibiotics while awaiting bacterial culture test results. Using the Bacterial Meningitis Score prediction rule to assist with ...Gladstone investigators identify a new protective action for the powerful anti-HIV factor, APOBEC3G
...tly of CD4+ T cells that are in an inactive state, awaiting a stimulus to move into action. In these cells, A3G blocks HIV at an early step in its life cycle. However, when resting CD4 T cells are stimulated by a foreign protein or other signal, A3G is rapidly recruited into large RNA protein complexes within...Shorter distance on six-minute walk test points up a greater risk of death
For idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients awaiting lung transplantation, a simple walk test can predict mortality rates. A new study found that individuals with IPF who can cover less than 680 feet during the six-minute test are four times more likely to die than those who can walk greater distances....Upgrading donor lung quality to improve availability
...tients received transplants, while 10 percent died awaiting an organ. Approximately half of the listed patient...inate many of the deaths that occur among patients awaiting lung transplantation. In an editorial on the research in the same issue of the journal, Andrew C. C...'Ticking time bomb': Prisons unprepared for flu pandemic, says new SLU research
...ls, but rather people merely accused of crimes and awaiting trial. "We know that illness among prisoners will eventually spread and cause illness in society, so we must address this now." The solution, says Schwartz, is to spend more energy and money on preparedness. She and fellow researchers developed ...Organ transplants just as successful in those with mental retardation
... to see how they fare, and also list those who are awaiting transplant. "With this registry, we will be able to learn more about organ transplants in the mentally retarded and help find appropriate matches for those on waiting lists," Reiss said....Telephone counseling improves lung transplant quality of life
...hological well-being and quality of life of people awaiting lung transplantation, according to the largest cli...ly stressful time for patients. They are anxiously awaiting the call that an organ is available and worrying that they may not live long enough to undergo a tra...Penn State research shows withdrawal drug offers relief for Crohn's sufferers
...re treated with naltrexone. Smith's second team is awaiting a decision on an NIH grant application for that study....Technique speeds up detecting, treating wound bacteria
...ld's study is a four-year project, and his team is awaiting approvals to test the real-time PCR detection method on actual patients. As his work progresses, he hopes to publish early results that may be put to use in both civilian and military hospitals, if and when it's feasible. For more information on the...Incarcerated women more likely to use birth control when given in jail
...isk for an unplanned pregnancy and serving time or awaiting trial at the RI DOC. In phase 1 of the study, 119 women participated before contraceptive services were available on site. Phase 2 included 105 women who were evaluated after contraceptive services were made available at the correctional facility. Co...Despite medical advances, children receiving liver transplants wait longer than a decade ago
...lity rate as high as 40 percent for young patients awaiting transplant. Splitting one liver into two smaller grafts, utilizing techniques for reducing an adult-sized liver, developing living donor transplants, and employing novel microsurgery techniques are the latest options available to pediatric patients. ...