Increasing General Practice Opening Hours Could Prevent Recurrent Stro
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- 29/09/2008
Recent research shows that early assessment and treatment after a TIA and minor stroke can significantly reduce the risk of recurrent disabling...
READ MORERecent research shows that early assessment and treatment after a TIA and minor stroke can significantly reduce the risk of recurrent disabling...
READ MOREThe study, published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that symptoms of anxiety and depression in family members of ICU...
READ MOREVentilator-induced injury in the lungs is responsible for a vast number of deaths in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Even healthy surgical patients, who require temporary mechanical ventilation, are at risk of ventilator-induced lung injury. Although such injuries have been reduced tremendously over the last few decades, a new study suggests,...
READ MOREAmong intensive care unit patients who require mechanical ventilation, use of a silvercoated endotracheal tube resulted in reduced incidence of pneumonia associated with ventilators, according to a report in the August 20 issue of JAMA. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is associated with longer hospital stays, increased health care costs and infection...
READ MORE"She lost almost 55 pounds between July Fourth and Christmas in 2006," said Corboy, a resident of Wilmette. "She was so sick, so weak and despite...
READ MORECOVER STORY - Biomarkers MATRIX FEATURES - The Aging of our ICU's Part 1: A Need for a New Paradigm in our SICU PRODUCT COMPAR
READ MOREThe dural sheath surrounding the optic nerve communicates with the subarachnoid space and distends when ICP is elevated. Thomas Geeraerts, from...
READ MOREThe AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study is to be launched by the Human Consciousness Project of the University of Southampton - an internat
READ MORENow brain imaging experts with Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in Toronto have found a distinct "brain signature" in patients who have recovere
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