Combining creatinine and volume kinetics identifies missed cases of acute …7thSpace Interactive (press release)IntroductionFluid resuscitation in the critically ill often results in a positive fluid balance, potentially diluting the serum creatinine …
Hearts meant for transplants end up in trash – Economic Times
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Hearts meant for transplants end up in trash
Economic Times In India, only Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Kochi and Visakhapatnam have done heart transplants. Many cities like Mumbai have not done a heart transplant in several years simply because they don’t have a programme to retrieve organs from the … |
Study seeks Brentwood volunteers to boost blood donation – This is Total Essex
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Study seeks Brentwood volunteers to boost blood donation
This is Total Essex HEALTH bosses are looking for about 600 volunteers from the Brentwood area to sign up for a two-year study to help boost depleting blood stocks. During the course of the Interval Study, which the NHS describes as “ground-breaking,” scientists will … |
Living organ donation counts on the value of Lakota generosity – The Capital Journal
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Living organ donation counts on the value of Lakota generosity
The Capital Journal SDSU professor Nancy Fahrenwald stands in front of two posters designed to raise organ donation awareness in Native American communities. Pull quote. “I’m not a tribal member, but as a researcher, I need to honor tribal members’ time and not conduct … |
Editorial: Saying yes to organ donor registry – Dallas Morning News
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Editorial: Saying yes to organ donor registry
Dallas Morning News The state’s organ donation registry has been like a developing athlete rewriting the record books: It was bound to shatter the magic number. Last week it happened — 10,000 newly registered people in the state’s Donate Life Texas registry in one day. |
Critically Ill Flu Patients Saved With Artificial Lung Technology Treatment – Science Daily (press release)
Critically Ill Flu Patients Saved With Artificial Lung Technology TreatmentScience Daily (press release)ECLS systems are normally used at the hospital as a bridge to lung transplantation but increasingly, the hospital is using ECLS on patients where th…
Amarillo toddler returns home after receiving life-saving heart transplant
An Amarillo toddler who has won the hearts of the community is now home after receiving a life-saving heart transplant.
Healthcare's Trillion-Dollar Disruption
As a healthtech startup, you can’t help but get excited when Bob Kocher (Venrock) or Esther Dyson speak about the opportunities in healthcare given their impressive track records. Both spoke during this past week’s StartUp Health Summit.
Promote organ donor awareness: Experts – Peninsula On-line
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Promote organ donor awareness: Experts
Peninsula On-line DOHA: The need for a long-term programme to help raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and address people’s misconceptions was stressed by experts on the sidelines of Pan-Arab Liver Transplant Society Congress yesterday. The number of … |
Woman Holds Her Own Heart Following Successful Heart Transplant Surgery [PHOTO]
In a stunning photo, a woman is shown holding her own heart following a heart transplant. The woman, identified only as Penny, received a new heart from a donor.