News tagged with meconium aspiration
Catheter helps get oxygen to blood when lungs aren't working
Apr 07, 2009 |
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When Kelli Justice walked into her baby's room at Kentucky Children's Hospital, it was terrifying.
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Hemofiltration during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Haemofiltration has already been shown to improve fluid balance in children treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) but now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have r ...
Fasting before surgery not necessary
Jul 27, 2006 |
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A Dallas researcher thinks its time to end the 60-year-old practice of forcing patients to fast before having surgery.
COPD-related problems hard to swallow
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit a disordered breathing-swallowing pattern that may account for their higher risk of aspiration pneumonia, according to new research from ...
Tactile input affects what we hear: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to University of British Columbia linguistics research.
Pulmonary hypertension in children may result from reduced activity of gene regulator
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Too little activity by gene regulators called PPARs appears to be a major player in the irreversible lung damage that can occur in children with heart defects, researchers say.
What women think during their first pregnancy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Pregnant women who perceive having had a well-balanced relationship with their parents during their childhood will experience fewer difficulties in the transition to motherhood, as opposed to women whose relationship with ...
Two treatment innovations improve heart function after heart attack
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Supersaturated oxygen (SSO2) administered during catheter-based treatments for heart attack can significantly reduce heart muscle damage, according to a new study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, a jour ...
Study reveals embolic neuroprotection system reduces risk of cardiac events
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Results of a study on the use of the FiberNet® Embolic Protection System in carotid artery stenting were reported today during the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored ...
Worldwide report shows increase in assisted reproduction: 250,000 babies a year
May 27, 2009 |
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing ...
No link between acid reflux and survival
Jan 04, 2008 |
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), often known as acid reflux, is a common problem that has been associated with cancers, asthma, recurrent aspiration and pulmonary fibrosis. A new study published in The American Journal ...
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