News tagged with critical care
Immune cell activity linked to worsening COPD
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A new study links chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, with increased activity of cells that act as sentinels to activate the body's immune system.
First immunological clue to why some H1N1 patients get very ill or die
Dec 15, 2009 |
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An international team of Canadian and Spanish scientists have found the first potential immunological clue of why some people develop severe pneumonia when infected by the pandemic H1N1 virus.
Urine test for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea possible
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or habitual snoring by screening their urine.
Quitting smoking can reverse asthma-inducing changes in lungs
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes, according to research out of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Patients, discharged from hospitals on ventilator support and with cognitive impairments, fare poorly four months later. Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University report ...
Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Prevent Chronic Lung Disease
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a possible way to protect the fragile lungs of premature babies by using stem cells harvested from bone marrow. In experiments on laboratory mice, ...
Exposure to both traffic, indoor pollutants puts some kids at higher risk for asthma later
Nov 24, 2009 |
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New research presents strong evidence that the "synergistic" effect of early-life exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure ...
Exposures to metals and diesel emissions in air linked to respiratory symptoms in children
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by ...
Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...
Government's NHS Plan linked to striking improvements in critical care
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Survival among patients in intensive care units in England has improved significantly since the implementation of the NHS Plan in 2000, finds new research published in BMJ today.
Air pollution increases infants' risk of bronchiolitis
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study.
Early results of therapy for preemies not sustained
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according ...
'Difficult-to-treat asthma' may be due to difficult-to-treat patients
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland.
Patients in US 5 times more likely to spend last days in ICU than patients in England
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among terminal ...
Being overweight super-sizes both risk and consequences of sleep-disordered breathing
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research.
