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Procalcitonin
Clinical Utility in Diagnosing Sepsis Identifying patients with bacterial infection and sepsis is a major challenge in emergency departments and intensive care units.More than 750,000 Americans develop sepsis each year and mortality...
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Early Use of Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion in Abdominal Septic Shock
Dinna N.Cruz, MD, MPH; Massimo Antonelli, MD; Roberto Fumagalli, MD; Francesca Foltran, MD; Nicola Brienza, MD, PhD; Abele Donati, MD; Vincenzo Malcangi, MD; Flavia Petrini, MD; Giada Volta, MD; Franco M. Bobbio Pallavicini, MD;...
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Organism-specific platelet response and factors affecting survival in thrombocytopenic very low birth weight b
To study organism-specific platelet response and factors affecting survival in thrombocytopenic very low birth weight (VLBW) babies with sepsis.Very low birth weight babies (birth weight <1500 g) admitted to a single level-three...
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Medical News: GE Healthcare's Online Sepsis Education Program Stresses Early Recognition And Care
Medical Students / Training News Main Category: Medical Students / Training Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses; Blood / Hematology email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Current...
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GE Healthcare's Online Sepsis Education Program Stresses Early Recognition And Care
GE Healthcare's online program - based on the six-year - is designed to engage clinicians in real-life situations involving the identification and treatment of sepsis.Sepsis is the body's response to infection, which, in more severe...
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Polymyxin B hemoperfusion shows promise for septic shock
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using polymyxin B hemoperfusion as a means of reducing endotoxin levels in the blood can improve survival and other outcomes in patients with septic shock from intra-abdominal gram-negative infections, new...
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Blood Filter Reduces Mortality in Patients With Sepsis
The randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted at ten Italian intensive care units.Patients were randomized to either conventional therapy or to conventional therapy plus two sessions of Polymyxin B hemoperfusion. 'In this RCT of...
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Therapy Helps Improve Outcomes For Patients With Severe Sepsis
A preliminary study suggests that a therapy for severe sepsis or septic shock that included the use of an antibiotic-based 'hemoperfusion' device to remove toxic products of bacteria from the blood in addition to conventional treatment...
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Therapy Helps Improve Outcomes for Patients With Severe Sepsis
Newswise A preliminary study suggests that a therapy for severe sepsis or septic shock that included the use of an antibiotic-based hemoperfusion device to remove toxic products of bacteria from the blood in addition to conventional...
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Sepsis Treatment Offers Lifesaving Potential
TUESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A device designed to filter bacteria-produced toxins from the blood of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock appears to improve blood circulation and organ function and lower the risk of...
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Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines
Scientists have used genetic engineering to tame one of the most deadly food poisoning microbes and turn it into a potential new way of giving patients medicine and vaccines in pills rather than injections.The study is in the current...
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Patients With Severe Sepsis Benefit from Hemoperfusion
A preliminary study suggests that a therapy for severe sepsis or septic shock that included the use of an antibiotic-based hemoperfusion device to remove toxic products of bacteria from the blood in addition to conventional treatment...
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Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion Helps Improve Outcomes for Patients With Severe Sepsis
my personal edition> sepsis > news E-Mail this DGNews to a colleague DGNews CHICAGO -- June 16, 2009 -- A preliminary study suggests that a therapy for severe sepsis or septic shock that includes the use of an polymyxin B...
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Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines
Scientists have used genetic engineering to tame one of the most deadly food poisoning microbes and turn it into a potential new way of giving patients medicine and vaccines in pills rather than injections.Colin Pouton and colleagues note...
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Food Poisoning May Raise IBD Risk
-- Salmonella or campylobacter food poisoning triples the risk of (IBD) -- for at least 15 years.IBD typically refers to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It's not clear exactly what causes IBD. Genetics, environment, diet,...
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