Baxter ’ s CEO is transforming the company: Here ’ s how
From improved corporate culture to less bureaucracy to internal innovation, CEO José Almeida has been priming Baxter for success since taking over a year and a half ago.
The former CEO of Covidien, who led the company to it $50 billion merger with Medtronic in January 2015, jumped at the opportunity to lead Baxter. The company “started with a great mission, products essential to health care,” Almeida said last week at Healthegy’s Medtech Conference in Minneapolis.
The company among other things sells lifesaving renal and medical products, including intravenous (IV) solutions, systems and administrativ...
Source: Mass Device - June 8, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Chris Newmarker Tags: Business/Financial News Wall Street Beat Baxter MedTech Source Type: news
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition to publish with Wiley
(Wiley) John Wiley and Sons Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that it has been selected by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) as its publishing partner for its distinguished publications, The Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and Nutrition in Clinical Practice. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Faces of IBD: Celebrating our patients and their caregivers
IBD nurse practitioner Caitlin Dolan educating her patient Jenna, 11
Some say it takes a village to raise a child. When it comes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), our patients and their families depend on a “village” of caregivers — gastroenterologists, nurses, dietitians, social workers and more — to carry them through their journey.
In honor of World IBD Day, May 19, we are celebrating the patients who inspire us and the dedicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center team that diagnose, educate and treat nearly 1,500 patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis each year.
Defining the dise...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 19, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Diseases & Conditions Research and Innovation Athos Bousvaros IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center Scott Snapper Source Type: news
How Common is α -1-Antitrypsin Deficiency?
Discussion
α-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1AT) is a common single-gene mutation disease that is homozygous recessive. The normal allele is called M and the most common abnormal allele is Z. There are other alleles though. The gene codes for one of the primary protease inhibitors in the serum, thus those who are homozygous for the Z gene are sometimes referred to as “PIZZ” or “PIZ.” α-1-Antitrypsin is found in all body tissues but is especially important in the serum and lung. As noted it is one of the primary neutrophil protease inhibitors in the serum, and acts to neutralize these enzymes...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 24, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
The Unexpected Place Superbugs Are Spreading -- Hospital Sinks And Pipes
Drug-resistant bacteria can lurk in the pipes of hospital sinks, and a new study shows that these dangerous bacteria can also make their way out of sinks and continue on to reach patients.
A number of recent reports have found that drug-resistant bacteria grow in the drainpipes of hospital sinks, according to the study, published today (Feb. 24) in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. “The wet, humid and relatively protected environment” of the drainpipes makes for an ideal breeding ground for bacteria, the researchers wrote.
In addition, many reports have also found a genetic link between the pa...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Hyperammonemia?
Discussion
Reye’s syndrome (RS)is named for Dr. Douglas Reye who along with Drs. G. Morgan and J. Baral described encephalopathy and fatty accumulation and degeneration in children in a 1963 Lancet article. RS usually affects children but can occur at all ages. All organs can be affected but the liver and brain are primarily affected causing liver failure and encephalopathy as toxic metabolites (especially ammonia) accumulate, and intracranial hypertension and cerebral edema occurs. As the ammonia levels begin to rise (> 100 mg/dL) patients lose their appetite, have nausea and emesis and mental status changes whic...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 20, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Worth every mile: Short bowel syndrome brings family to Boston
During his most recent visit to Boston Children’s Hospital, 3-year-old Konrad Schienke resembles a tiny tornado, gleefully scampering around the room as he mugged for the camera and shouted, “Cheese!” Later, he smiles as a doctor gently felt his abdomen, giggling as if he was being tickled.
“It’s hard to believe what a sick little kid he has been,” says his father, Erich.
Yet, just a few years ago, this energetic boy resided in the neonatal intensive care unit at his local hospital in Pennsylvania, struggling with a diagnosis of short bowel syndrome. This rare but serious condition can occur when a child eith...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica Cerretani Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation Mark Puder short bowel syndrome (SBS). Source Type: news
Teduglutide Can Allow Independence From Parenteral Nutrition Teduglutide Can Allow Independence From Parenteral Nutrition
Many patients with intestinal failure associated with short-bowel syndrome (SBS-IF) can achieve independence from parenteral nutrition with long-term teduglutide treatment, according to a post hoc analysis of data from five clinical trials.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - December 23, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
How To Talk To Your Health Care Provider About Your End-Of-Life Wishes
One of the most important conversations you will ever have--and also the most difficult--is to share your thoughts and feelings about the end of your life. The people closest to you need to know what you want for your last days so that they can advocate for your wishes, if you, for any reason, are unable to speak for yourself.
This conversation could help you avoid being kept alive for months on a ventilator with a brain that no longer functions. Your loved ones will only be able to protect you from excessive futile medical care if they know that this is your preference.
Read more here about having an end-of-life discu...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When Is the Clinical Nadir for Guillain-Barr é Syndrome?
Discussion
Guillian-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acquired, acute, inflammatory, demyelinating polyneuropathy. It is the most common cause of acute and subacute flaccid paralysis in children.
GBS causes about 0.4-1.3 cases per 100,000 persons/year in children. It can occur in any age group and the incidence increases among all age groups until a peak in the 50s. Both genders are affected and there may be a slight increase in males.
GBS usually occurs 2-4 weeks after a prodromonal gastroenteritis or respiratory illness. It is most often associated with Campylobacter jejunae, Haemophilus infuenza, Mycoplasma pneumoniae,...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 8, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Nearly half of California nursing home residents complete end-of-life care orders
UCLA-led research finds broad acceptance of written end-of-life care orders among California nursing home residents, with nearly half completing a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST, form in 2011.
The study, published online in the peer-reviewed Journal of General Internal Medicine, also found no difference in completion of the form by race or ethnicity, suggesting wide acceptance of these orders among California’s highly diverse population. The researchers did, however, identify a few areas where the use of the forms in nursing homes could be improved.
The POLST document recor...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 8, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Progress Noted in Treatment of Several Common Liver DiseasesProgress Noted in Treatment of Several Common Liver Diseases
Dr William Balistreri provides an overview of the latest data on such disorders as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, drug-induced liver injury, and parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis. Medscape Gastroenterology (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - April 8, 2016 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology Commentary Source Type: news
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Serious medication errors from intravenous administration of nimodipine oral capsules
[08-02-2010] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare professionals that nimodipine capsules should be given ONLY by mouth or through a feeding tube (nasogastric tube). (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Better Outcomes for Critically Ill Kids When IV Feeding Delayed (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Results echo earlier studies on parenteral nutrition in adults (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - March 23, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Mesenteric Ischemia Review, Delaying Parenteral Nutrition in Kids, New Mexico Primary Care Opportunities (FREE)
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NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:NEJM Clinical Practice … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - March 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
