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Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators

Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a ...

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20 cancer cases in French women with PIP implants: agency

French health authorities said Friday that 20 cases of cancer had been uncovered in women with allegedly faulty French-made breast implants but insisted there was still no proven link with the disease.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover how cells limit inflammation in lung injury

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found in an animal model of acute lung injury a molecular mechanism that allows cells of the immune system to reduce tissue ...

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Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function are frequent and long-lasting after ALI

Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function were common and long-lasting during the first two years following acute lung injury (ALI), according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Depressive ...

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?

During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, many previously healthy children became critically ill, developing severe pneumonia and respiratory failure, sometimes fatal. The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza ...

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created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stem cells repair lung damage after flu infection

Guided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct ...

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created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dietary supplements for patients after lung injury do not appear to improve outcomes; may be harmful

In contrast to findings of previous studies, patients who experienced an acute lung injury, such as from pneumonia or sepsis, and received dietary supplements including omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants had more days on ...

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created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Oxygenating system associated with lower risk of death for H1N1 patients with respiratory failure

Patients with severe 2009 H1N1 influenza who developed respiratory failure and were treated with a system that adds oxygen to the patient's blood had a lower rate of in-hospital death than similar patients who did not receive ...

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Better treatment sought for acute lung injury

Patients can essentially drown in their own fluids when trauma and infection prompt blood vessels to leak, flooding millions of air sacs in their lungs.

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New drug may be the breath of life in intensive care

A new drug to treat potentially fatal lung injuries caused by ventilators in hospital intensive care units is being developed by Flinders University researchers.

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Viral infection not responsible for exacerbation of lung disease in most patients

Acute viral infection does not appear to be a primary cause of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive, deadly disease resulting in thickening and scarring of the lungs, according to a study ...

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created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leptin resistance may prevent severe lung disease in patients with diabetes

Resistance to leptin, a protein that plays a key role in regulating metabolism and appetite, may help prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) in individuals with type ...

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created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene protects lung from damage due to pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, transplants

Lung injury is a common cause of death among patients with pneumonia, sepsis or trauma and in those who have had lung transplants. The damage often occurs suddenly and can cause life-threatening breathing ...

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created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover signaling pathway crucial to acute lung injury

Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered a signaling pathway that is crucial to the devastating effects of acute lung injury (ALI). The data, obtained from cells, animals and ALI patients, suggest several potential ...

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Researchers discover way to halt lung inflammation in animal models

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute inflammation of the lung is a poorly recognized human disease that develops in surprising and unexpected ways. The acute lung injury (ALI) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a vital new ...

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