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VIDEO: Artificial blood cells clear first phase of animal testing
SAN DIEGO - An artificial red blood cell has come close to emulating the key functions of natural cells.
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Recovery path complicated for trauma patients with VTE
Patients who develop a VTE following severe hemorrhage are more susceptible to complications, compared with their counterparts who do not. They...
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Adjustment for fluid balance improved detection of AKI in critically ill children
CHICAGO – Adjustment for fluid balance increased the detection rate of acute kidney injury, more accurately staged the kidney damage, and...
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Discharging select diverticulitis patients from the ED found to be acceptable
CORONADO, CALIF. – Among patients diagnosed with diverticulitis via CT scan in the emergency department who were discharged home, only 13%...
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Emergent colon cancer resection does not negatively affect patient outcomes
CORONADO, CALIF. – With the exception of patients that present with perforation, emergent resection of colon cancers does not appear to adversely...
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Kaiser experience: A helping hand reduces COPD readmissions
LOS ANGELES – With a handful of common-sense steps, the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center reduced 30-day...
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Hypotension ‘dose’ drives mortality in traumatic brain injury
The duration and severity of hypotension a traumatic brain injury patient has during transport to an emergency department has a significant,...
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Infectious disease physicians: Antibiotic shortages are the new norm
Antibiotic shortages are now a way of life, and physicians report that shortages are affecting patient care and outcomes.
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Combine qSOFA and SIRS for best sepsis score
LOS ANGELES – Instead of replacing the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) score with the new quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment...
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Optimal MPE management requires early pulmonology referral
LOS ANGELES – About half of patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusions at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal had unnecessary...
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Mitral valve disease often missed in pulmonary hypertension
There is no such thing as a pulmonary artery pressure too high to be explained by mitral valve disease.