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Arrow International and Johns Hopkins Awarded Judgement Against Datascope in Patient Litigation
A judgment was awarded to Johns Hopkins University and Arrow International, Inc. in their patent infringement lawsuit against Datascope Corp. on Friday, June 15, 2007, in the United States District Court in Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins and Arrow had brought suit against Datascope for infringing patents relating to the Arrow-TrerotolaTM Percutaneous Thrombolytic...
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VIASYS Unveils the BreatheX™ Journey
Constructed to be small and unobtrusive, the new BreatheX™ Journey CPAP from VIASYS is powered by a rechargeable battery that will provide 11 hours of use at 10 cm H2O. Providing CPAP pressures from 5 to 12 cm H2O, the BreatheX™ Journey features ramp and altitude compensation and includes a 72 inch hose, which allows the system to be positioned in...
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Genes and Drugs Team up to Lower Blood Pressure
Patients with high blood pressure respond very differently to antihypertensive medication, making treatment selection tricky for physicians. But new research published in the online open access journal, BMC Medical Genetics, pinpoints a number of gene-drug interactions that could allow medication to be tailored to individual patients based on their...
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Managing RN/RN and RN/MD Conflict in the ICU: Productive Ways of Communicating
Author Kathleen Bartholomew Consultant Nurse Author “Ending Nurse-To-Nurse Hostility” (2006) Seattle, US [email protected] Managers are in a pivotal position to decrease conflict. By their response, or lack of response, they informally create the code of behaviour for the unit. Staff members...
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Hypothermia as Treatment in Cardiac Arrest: Pathophysiology
Author Said Hachimi-Idrissi MD, PhD, FCCM Professor of Paediatrics and Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Department and Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, University Hospital Brussels Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Sudden cardiac arrest (CA) remains an unresolved public...
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Hypothermia in Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Author Gene Sung, M.D., M.P.H . Director: Neurocritical Care and Stroke Division, University of Southern,California Los Angeles, California, US [email protected] The use of hypothermia has been an area of interest for scientists for many decades. Scientific rationale seemed obvious, cold temperatures...
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Defibrillators (ECRI Europe)
ECRI is a totally independent nonprofit research agency designated as a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO). Such organizations are appointed to contribute to WHO’s public health mission by providing specialized knowledge, expertise, and support in the health field to the WHO and its member nations. ECRI is widely recognized...
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Caring for the Obese Patient: Special Considerations in the ICU
Authors Hans Ulrich Rothen, MD, PhD Ludger Mende, MD Department of Intensive, Care Medicine Bern University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern, Switzerland [email protected] In recent years, obesity has emerged as a major problem, both generally in terms of public health, and at a more personal...
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An Overview of Healthcare in Norway
Author Bjørn Magne Eggen Director of the Clinic of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway Organisation of the Healthcare System More than 85% of all healthcare expenditures are publicly covered. The 431 municipalities/communes, with population size ranging from 250-500,000 inhabitants,...
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Professional Life in Norwegian Intensive Care:Physicians Working in Norwegian ICU Care
Author Pål Klepstad MD, PhD Medical Director, Department of Intensive Care St Olavs University Hospital Trondheim, Norway [email protected] A key issue in Norwegian ICU care is how to give adequate ICU treatment to all patients despite a scattered population and geographically and meteorologically...
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