Sept. 05NEW DELHI There are close to 80 patients in the 40-bedded medicine ward of east Delhi's Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital. While some of them are sharing beds, others are being treated on makeshift beds on the floor. Nine out of 10 patients have infections like dengue, typhoid and gastroenteritis. "We can't turn them away, so we do our best t
A study of Australian ecstasy, ice and speed users on Sunday uncovered signs of brain damage, adding to concerns over the long-term impact of drug use. Doctors at Royal Perth Hospital scanned the brains of 30 patients who were treated in the emergency department for problems related to their amphetamine use.
A new study, 'Interrelation between the degree of carotid stenosis, collateral circulation and cerebral perfusion,' is now available. "We studied the effect of both the degree of the stenosis and the collateral circulation via the circle of Willis on cerebral perfusion in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.
Sept. 05HOVEN Holy Infant Hospital in Hoven is working to raise $500,000 in hopes of obtaining a $1.5 million grant to convert to electronic record keeping. Those funds would be important money for the hospital, said administrator Sandy Schlechter. The payment is available under technical stimulus legislation designed to help hospitals convert
CONSTRUCTION work is underway on a police station within the Salmaniya Medical Complex, it was confirmed yesterday. The 60-sqm facility, being set up in a part of the ambulance car park, is expected to be completed by the second week of October, said sources.
Sydney, Sep 5: A new research on ecstasy, ice and speed users in Australia has uncovered tell-tale signs of brain damage. The study adds to concerns over the long-term impact of drug use. As part of the study, doctors at Royal Perth Hospital scanned the brains of 30 patients who were treated in the emergency department for problems related to their
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common form of brain cancer; being an extremely serious type of the disease as currently, on diagnosis, the chances of survival of the patient is less than a year. The Hospital Universitario Donostia has incorporated a new glioblastoma multiforme treatment protocol, which could be the starting point for a more ef
Fresh data on quality of life are presented in the report 'Psychometric properties of the Norwegian MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life inventory.' "However, this inventory has not earlier been evaluated in Norwegian.
New investigation results, 'Risk-adjusted number-between failures charting procedures for monitoring a patient care process for acute myocardial infarctions,' are detailed in a study published in Health Care Management Science. "In this paper, a new charting procedure is developed for monitoring a patient care process for patients admitted to a hos
Sept. 05The Kentucky Hospital Association and the Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety and Quality have kicked off a program to help hospitals across the commonwealth prevent health care-associated infections in the bloodstream.
"Obesity is associated with an increased risk of heart failure. "A total of 3722 patients admitted with acute HF to 11 greater Worcester hospitals during 1995 and 2000 were categorized as being lean, normal weight, overweight, or obese at the time of hospitalization.
According to a study from Groningen, Netherlands, "The beneficial effects of beta blockers in younger patients with heart failure due to systolic dysfunction are well established.
Researchers detail in 'In-hospital peak glycemia and prognosis in STEMI patients without earlier known diabetes,' new data in cardiovascular. "Patients with highest peak glycemia showed the highest intra-ICCU mortality, which was significantly higher with respect to the other two subgroups.
Researchers detail in 'Overview of the methods and therapies for the primary prevention of variceal bleeding,' new data in variceal bleeding. "Current options to prevent the first variceal bleed include noncardioselective beta-blockers or variceal band ligation.
Research findings, 'Evaluation of left ventricular function with strain/strain rate imaging in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis,' are discussed in a new report. "Our study was designed as cross-sectional study. The researchers concluded: "TDI and strain/strain rate imaging to be new echocardiographic methods may be used reliably for detectio
Scientists discuss in 'Brain volumes and cerebrovascular lesions on MRI in patients with atherosclerotic disease. "Brain segmentation was used to quantify volumes of cortical gray matter, white matter, sulcal and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid, and WML.
Data detailed in 'Exercise training improves function of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with chronic heart failure' have been presented. "We studied the impact of exercise training on CAC function and numbers of CD34/KDR EPC in patients with chronic heart failure and we assessed the effect of acute exercise on CAC and EPC in sedentary and
But births' bottom line has been far from a cause for celebration at some smaller hospitals, including Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan. After years of losing about $5,000 per delivery, the Hocking County hospital is getting out of the birthing business.
Sept. 04MOULTRIE Brian Elliott, RN, director of Colquitt Regional Oncology Services, has been awarded the Georgia Hospital Association's Hero award for extraordinary care above and beyond the call of duty. Each year, GHA selects 10 Heroes from hospitals throughout the state. This is the second major healthcare award Elliott has won in recent y
New investigation results, 'The effect of early and intensive statin therapy on ventricular premature beat or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with acute coronary syndrome,' are detailed in a study published in Cardiology Journal. "The frequency of ventricular premature beat and NSVT was recorded via Holter monitoring after hospita
A new study, 'Restrictive organic mitral regurgitation associated with benfluorex therapy,' is now available. "Using propensity scores, 22 out of 156 patients who underwent surgery for dystrophic MR due to flail leaflets during the same time period were matched for age, sex, height, body weight, and diabetes with the study population.
- Neurological and infectious disease experts at Rush University Medical Center are testing a new drug therapy for the treatment of individuals with West Nile fever or suspected central nervous system infection due to the West Nile virus.
Sept. 05TERRE HAUTE During the past month my relatives, close friends and I have spent all kinds of time hanging around a hospital. We experienced pre-surgery registration and lab work, surgery check-in, hospital admission for a few days, then discharge and about three weeks later emergency room, readmission to the hospital and a second
Sept. 05MUMBAI It could have been of great help to patients and doctors at state-run medical institutions but the state is now considering scrapping its ambitious Hospital Management Information System project. The Rs 270-crore project, aimed at integrating medical data of 33 state-run medical colleges and hospitals, was to be completed by Nov
Sept. 05Her own breast cancer diagnosis was a reawakening to the vulnerability and confusion people feel as hospital patients. It made Vernice Davis Anthony, CEO and president of the Greater Detroit Area Health Council, more adamant about what she calls the next frontier in health care: finding ways to better inform and work with patients to help
