Protocol for treatment of sepsis can reduce hospital deaths
..., of Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, will show that Early Goal Directed Therapy (EGDT) is clinically effective in reducing hospital mortality when implemented as a routine protocol in Emergency Departments. For 156 patients, 79 receiving standard care at attending physician discretion and 77 rece...Animal study leading to new treatments for hemorrhagic shock and uncontrolled abdominal hemorrhage
...ine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, James Manning, MD, will show that Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC)-201 resuscitation maintained survival longer than Hetastarch, and in particular, targeting a Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) of 80 mm Hg was more favorable than a target MAP of 100 mm Hg. HBOC-201 is expect...Ruling out pulmonary embolism with a simple bedside protocol
... MD, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, will show that the use of simple clinical criteria can eliminate the risk and expense of these unnecessary tests. The Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria, or the PERC rule, functions as a way to rule out clots in the lung. The blood test, called D-Dimer, h...Testing the taser on human subjects -- preliminary physiological measurements
...results of Taser exposure on healthy subjects will show that no short-term effects were observed. Human volunteers from law enforcement agreed to receive a single, 5 second exposure from a Taser X26, a model reported to be used by more than 30% of police agencies in the United States. Cardiovascular and...Female auto crash rates increase alarmingly; airbags can be dangerous for tall and small people
... Meeting shows that young females are beginning to show an alarming increase in fatal automobile crashes related to alcohol use and a failure to use seatbelts. The study, led by Virginia W. Tsai MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, showed that over a 10 ...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
...t in the first 17 months of life. Research results show the possibility that at least some of these children undergo the procedure for nothing," explained Prof. Attias. He added that some of the children only develop partial hearing, which can be augmented with external hearing aids. Prof. Attias is now...UC Irvine researchers reveal first images of brain changes associated with memory
...and Gary Lynch presents these unique images, which show that the size and shape of synapses that were changed by LTP. The way is now open to mapping where in the brain memories are laid down, said Lynch, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior. Seeing memory-related physical changes to synapses mea...Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia
...o emphasize the positive -- that some people never show any symptoms and live a normal life. There are doc...ie from heart disease, stroke or cancer, and never show any signs of dementia or parkinsonism."...Aspirin use during pregnancy could reduce risk of pre-eclampsia
...ng this balance. The authors conclude: "Our data show that antiplatelet agents produce moderate but consistent reductions in pre-eclampsia and its consequencesThis information should be discussed with women at risk of pre-eclampsia to help them make informed choices about their antenatal care." In an ...Ottawa aggressive protocol for acute atrial fibrillation is successful
...tiell of the Ottawa Health Research Institute will show that in 660 patient visits in a 5 year period, over 90% of all patients with AAF or AAFL can be discharged with a normal heart rhythm using this protocol. This method of treatment stands in contrast to practice in the United States, where management ...Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space
...as tropical storms. While optical satellite images show the swirling cloud-tops of a hurricane, a SAR image pierces through the clouds to show the sea surface roughness and its modulation through the combination of wind wave and currents. W...Post-traumatic stress disorder 10 times higher in New Orleans than in the general public
...d, Louisiana State University at New Orleans, will show that PTSD was diagnosed in over 38% of the people who came to an interim Emergency Department facility in New Orleans. This is more than ten times higher than the 3.6% prevalence in the general US population. Loss of a loved one and simply staying in...Atypical pathogen treatment vital in hospitalized CAP patients
...ourishment. The authors point out that estimates show mortality may not be directly related to the pulmonary infection in up to half the hospitalized patients with CAP. "Also, in ambulatory patients with CAP, the beneficial effect of antibiotics using atypical coverage is more difficult to recognize b...Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
..., children born at full term with low birth weight show significantly greater risk for developing respiratory symptoms, including wheezing, coughing and pulmonary infections, according to a large longitudinal study on birth weight and development. The children's symptoms grew worse if they were exposed to...Thymus transplants gives hope to babies with fatal immune disease
..., published Tuesday, May 15, in the journal Blood, show that 75 percent of the babies who received a thymus transplant were alive after one year. The recipient of the first transplant, in 1994, is alive and well. The current study was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug ...Study shows dramatic increase in Caesarean sections
...ean section, than women in 1984-88. "The figures show that what we call elective or planned caesareans h...l and anaesthetic techniques, a number of studies show that caesarean sections are still associated with an increased risk of maternal and infant death and...Study finds women less likely than men to have their cholesterol controlled
..." said NCQA President Margaret E. OKane. "The data show that weve got our work cut out for us in terms of ... Western Reserve University. "These study findings show an opportunity to improve patient care for women and a reason to encourage women to consider serious...Pioneering study maps attention, memory and language links in the human brain
...-invasive imaging tool that is sensitive enough to show exactly what parts of the brain are involved when ...ded. As Christensen collects more MRI data that show the connections among areas of the brain that are strongly engaged in language tasks, he plans to co...Vitamin D supplements may offer cheap and effective immune system boost against TB
...rine is supplemented in the UK, and recent studies show that this is not an effective way to prevent vitamin D deficiency."......In it he uses the latest archaeological methods to show how the human meal has developed since the earliest evidence of human consumption, around half a million years ago, to the era of the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. He says "We have now passed a watershed in analytical potential, in which we ...