Duke Surgeons Implant First Bioengineered Blood Vessel
Clinicians at Duke University Hospital are some of the first to implant a bioengineered blood vessel into a human patient. The vein was developed by Duke spinoff Humacyte.The surgery is part of a larger phase 1 clinical trial on 20 patients with end-stage renal disease that Duke researchers are spearheading. The vessels are being implanted into the arms of the subjects to help with performing hemodialysis, and the researchers will be closely following up to analyze the safety and durability of the new grafts.Read More » (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - June 6, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 103
Welcome to the 103rd edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Sono Cave
For those of you that love ultrasound or just learning – The Sono Cave is the ultimate EM blog fo...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 7, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 103
Welcome to the 103rd edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Sono Cave
For those of you that love ultrasound or just learning – The Sono Cave is the ultimate EM blog fo...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 7, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Transdermal Granisetron for Refractory Nausea and Vomiting
Discussion: There were many factors that likely contributed to the dramatic improvement in Ms Emma N’s refractory nausea and vomiting. Better psychiatric care through the palliative care psychologist and psychiatrist almost certainly played a role in her overall clinical turn-around. The close attention, serial visits and supportive counseling she received in the Palliative Care clinic could also have been therapeutic. Up-titration of her olanzapine also likely was helpful. Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic that works on multiple receptors including dopaminergic, serotonergic, adrenergic, histaminergic and mus...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - May 1, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair Source Type: blogs
Cases: Transdermal Granisetron for Refractory Nausea and Vomiting
Discussion: There were many factors that likely contributed to the dramatic improvement in Ms Emma N’s refractory nausea and vomiting. Better psychiatric care through the palliative care psychologist and psychiatrist almost certainly played a role in her overall clinical turn-around. The close attention, serial visits and supportive counseling she received in the Palliative Care clinic could also have been therapeutic. Up-titration of her olanzapine also likely was helpful. Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic that works on multiple receptors including dopaminergic, serotonergic, adrenergic, histaminergic and mus...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - May 1, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair Source Type: blogs
NxStage System One Now Cleared for Night Time Hemodialysis in Europe
Hemodialysis is a time consuming process that typically requires multiple weekly sessions lasting a few hours each being stuck to a stationary device. The availability of at-home dialyzing has brought a new level of convenience to patients, but having to reserve time on a regular basis continues to be an issue.A solution for Europeans now comes from NxStage (Lawrence, M) that received the CE Mark for nocturnal use of its System One at-home dialysis system. With a few safety precautions, a patient can go through a dialysis cycle while asleep and avoid the aggravation and wasted time of being immobile during the day.Read M...
Source: Medgadget - February 19, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Medicine Source Type: blogs
